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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: beau, courter, sparker, wooer, admirer, adorer, baby, beloved, crush, darling, enamorado, flame, follower, leman, loteby, love, love interest, lover, paramour, sweetheart, truelove
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A party to a suit or litigation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Synonyms: litigant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: applicant, claimant, plaintiff, pursuer, suer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: court, romance, address, beau, bedear, chase after, endear, make a move (on), make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, solicit, spark, woo
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a man who courts a woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: suer, wooer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: admirer, adorer
Narrower terms: prince charming
History
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
Across languages
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
