Suitor

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  • noun. A man who is courting a woman.
  • noun. A person who makes a petition or request.
  • noun. A person who sues in court; a plaintiff; a petitioner.
  • noun. A person or entity trying to acquire a controlling interest in a company, as by purchasing sufficient shares of its stock.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In law, a party to a suit or litigation.
  • noun. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
  • noun. One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.
  • To play the suitor; woo; make love.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
  • noun. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
  • noun. One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A party to a suit or litigation.
  • noun. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
  • noun. One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.
  • verb. To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a man who courts a woman
  • Word Usage
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    admirer  adorer  
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