2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suitor \Suit"or\, n.
1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an
applicant.
She hath been a suitor to me for her brother.
--Shak.
2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer;
a lover. --Sir P. Sidney.
3.
a (Law) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a
party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc
b (O. Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff,
defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or
the like
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
suitor
n : a man who courts a woman [syn: {wooer}]
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