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suitor
(redirected from suitors)

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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 [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]
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
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 [ˈsuːtər] nsoupirant m, prétendant m
suitor
n
(old, of woman) → Freier m (old), → Verehrer m
(Jur) → Kläger(in) m(f)
(Econ) → Übernahmeinteressent m
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] ncorteggiatore m, spasimante m
suitor [ˈsuːtəʳ] ncorteggiatore m, spasimante m


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