suitor

English

Alternative forms

• suitour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

suitor (plural suitors)

1. (law) A party to a suit or litigation.
2. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
3. One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.

Translations

wooer

German: Freier m.

Verb

suitor (third-person singular simple present suitors, present participle suitoring, simple past and past participle suitored)

1. To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

References

• suitor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911