Wooer
['wuːə] or ['wʊɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lover, suitor, gallant.
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Examples
- Answer this 'braw wooer;' send him away! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Meanwhile the marriage was appointed to be solemnized in eight weeks' time, and Mr. Bounderby went every evening to Stone Lodge as an accepted wooer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Never was wooer of wealthy bride so thoroughly absolved from the subaltern part, so inevitably compelled to assume a paramount character. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When her wooer turned from her she rested her arms against the mantel-shelf and bowed her face in her hands. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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