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Meaning of 'suitor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suitor [ n.]
- One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
- Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
- One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
- One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.

Meaning of 'suitor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suitor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a man who courts a woman
Example in sentence:
  • a suer for the hand of the princess

Nearby Words:

sui generis suicidal suicide suicidical suicidism suicism suigothus suillage suilline suine

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