suitor

suit·or  (str)

n.

1. A man who is courting a woman.

2. A person who makes a petition or request.

3. Law A person who sues in court; a plaintiff; a petitioner.

4. A person or group seeking to purchase controlling interest in a company.

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[Middle English, plaintiff, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin sector, follower, from sectus, past participle of sequ, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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suitor [ˈsuːtə ˈsjuːt-]

n

1. a man who courts a woman; wooer

2. (Law) Law a person who brings a suit in a court of law; plaintiff

3. Rare a person who makes a request or appeal for anything

[from Anglo-Norman suter, from Latin secūtor follower, from sequī to follow]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

suitor - a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the princess" suer, wooer adorer, admirer - someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers" prince charming - a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved

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suitor

noun

1. (Old-fashioned) admirer, young man, beau, follower (obsolete), swain (archaic), wooer My mother had a suitor who adored her.

2. bidder, customer, candidate, applicant The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor.

Translations

suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] N

1. (= lover) → pretendiente m

2. (Jur) → demandante mf

suitor [ˈsuːtə^r] n → soupirant m, prétendant m

suitor

n

(old, of woman) → Freier m (old), → Verehrer m

(Jur) → Kläger(in) m(f)

(Econ) → Übernahmeinteressent m

suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] n → corteggiatore m, spasimante m

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suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] n → corteggiatore m, spasimante m