suitor
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suitor
- /ˈsutɚ/ US
- /ˈsuːtə/ UK
- /ˈsjuːtə/ UK
Sounds like souter · Rhymes with -uːtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
noun suitors · suitour
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One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
(Notice that "Lysias" begins from the realistic assumption that an attractive young man with many suitors will "gratify" one of them, the only question being which. Rightly or wrongly, he treats the question, "Shall I at all?" as already resolved.)
Similar: beau, courter, sparker, wooer, admirer, adorer, baby, beloved, crush, darling, enamorado, flame
- A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another. […] and Mortimer asserted he had no shortage of suitors ready, willing, and able to make acquisition loans […]
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A party to a suit or litigation.
Similar: litigant
- One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
verb suitors · suitoring · suitored · suitour
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To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
Similar: court, romance, address, beau, bedear, chase after, endear, make a move (on), make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, solicit
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wooer, lover, beau, swain, pretender, princess, contender, pledge, claim, hand, courter, pursuee, suer, pursuer, sparker, femalist
Translations
Every language
noun wooer
| Español | pretendiente, galanteador, cortejador, cortejante, sherete |
|---|---|
| Português | pretendente |
| Français | prétendant, soupirant |
| Deutsch | Freier, Liebeswerber |
| Italiano | postulante, richiedente, corteggiatore, pretendente |
| Ελληνικά | μνηστήρας mnistíras |
| Română | pețitor |
| Русский | покло́нник poklónnik, покло́нница poklónnica, кавале́р kavalér, ухажёр uxažór, почита́тель počitátelʹ, почита́тельница počitátelʹnica |
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title = {suitor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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