Suitor
['suːtə] or ['sʊtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a man who courts a woman; 'a suer for the hand of the princess'.
Checker: Melva--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
(n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
(n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
(n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Solicitor, petitioner, applicant, suppliant, supplicant.[2]. Wooer, lover, gallant.
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Examples
- The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Is sought by any other suitor? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You will see Fred so changed, she added, turning to the other suitor; we have looked to Mr. Lydgate as our guardian angel during this illness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The suitor had to undergo an interrogatory and a scrutiny on many things. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My niece has chosen another suitor--has chosen him, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, she would not be too eager in this case; she would give her suitor a longer taste of suspense. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It may be true that he once thought her handsome: does she give him out as still her suitor? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I understand equally well, that a word from her father in any suitor's favour, would outweigh herself and all the world. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Gridley, a disappointed suitor, has been here to-day and has been alarming. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A suitor, my child. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The suitor turned away and had left the room, when the gentleman with the gun called out 'Mister! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Either the suit must be ended, Esther, or the suitor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sam approached with as good a determination to pay court as did ever suitor after a vacant place at St. James' or Washington. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Another suitor might feel jealousy while he touched this string; but my firm purpose cannot be changed by a passion so childish and so hopeless. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Who could be this new suitor? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, it was said that in former years they had been rival suitors of the same lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- However, had they been married, they would no doubt by their severity as husbands have made up for their softness as suitors; and so will you, I fear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There's no now for us suitors. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had none of the humble reverence which seemed to subdue most of her suitors; he saw her more as she really was than the rest did. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Oliver is ever surrounded by suitors and flatterers: in less than a month, my image will be effaced from her heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Other suitors will come, therefore, if Dr. Bretton is refused. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Duties of the same kind upon law proceedings fall upon the suitors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Nora