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suitor

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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.

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

suitor
Noun
1. Old-fashioned a man who wants to marry a woman
2. Law a person who starts legal proceedings against someone; plaintiff [Latin secutor follower]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suitorsuitor - a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the princess"
adorer, admirer - someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"
prince charming - a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved

suitor
noun admirer, young man, beau, follower (obsolete) swain (archaic) wooer
Translations
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] npretendiente m
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] nsoupirant m, prétendant m
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] nKläger(in) m(f)
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] ncorteggiatore m; spasimante m


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The suitor repairs not to the bower of his mistress, but to her father's lodge, and throws down a present at his feet.
Athelny for some fantastic reason took it into his head to discourse upon Byzantine history; he had been reading the later volumes of the Decline and Fall; and, his forefinger dramatically extended, he poured into the astonished ears of the suitor scandalous stories about Theodora and Irene.
It all began with my hearing a strange rumour from Thedora--namely, that an unworthy suitor had been to visit you, and had insulted you with an improper proposal.
 
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