suitor
Collocations
3ADJ.
accepted, improper, new, old, secret, suitable, unsure
VERB + SUITOR
don't, find, found, let, like, promised
PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
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.)
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 […]
The Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors.
A party to a suit or litigation.
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
verb
To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a man who courts a woman
- suer
- wooer
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6(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 q
Wiktionary[…] and Mortimer asserted he had no shortage of suitors ready, willing, and able to make acquisition loans […]
WiktionaryThe Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors.
WiktionaryUnsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.
Tatoeba · #1941She accepted him her suitor.
Tatoeba · #310691He began courting her in earnest when he found out that she had another suitor.
Tatoeba · #723229