suitor
- a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Law. a petitioner or plaintiff.
- a person who sues or petitions for anything.
- Informal. an individual who seeks to buy a business.
Origin of suitor
Related Words for suitor
beau, paramour, boyfriend, admirer, lover, woman, supplicant, date, follower, swain, cavalier, girlfriend, man, wooerExamples from the Web for suitor
Contemporary Examples of suitor
I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.
When Cato still refused, the suitor then asked Cato for Cato's own wife.
Soni and Goodman attribute the complicated story to the shared Stoic philosophy of Cato and the suitor.
Historical Examples of suitor
Had not her uncle brought him declaredly as a suitor to her?
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
And the suitor, my dear, was the kind of man who could endure that kind of people.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
Otherwise, should I not have married some other suitor, of whom there have been plenty?
Fair MargaretH. Rider Haggard
The suitor was required to make presents to the bride's family.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
They have made him responsible to a realm of shadows, and a suitor in a court of shades.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
suitor
- a man who courts a woman; wooer
- law a person who brings a suit in a court of law; plaintiff
- rare a person who makes a request or appeal for anything
Word Origin for suitor
Word Origin and History for suitor
late 14c., "follower, disciple," from Anglo-French seutor or directly from Late Latin secutor, from past participle stem of sequi "to follow" (see suit (n.)). Meaning "one who seeks (a woman) in marriage" is from 1580s.