Standard Lemma guide

wooer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwuːə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈwuəɹ/
  • rhymes with -uːə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who woos or courts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man who courts a woman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a suer for the hand of the princess

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suitor, suer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: admirer, adorer

Narrower terms: prince charming

History

Etymology

From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: huwelijkskandidaat — someone who woos or courts
  • Finnish: kosija — someone who woos or courts
  • Finnish: kosiskelija — someone who woos or courts
  • German: Liebeswerber — someone who woos or courts
  • German: Verehrer — someone who woos or courts
  • German: Freier — someone who woos or courts
  • German: Bewerber — someone who woos or courts
  • German: Umwerber — someone who woos or courts
  • Ancient Greek: μνηστήρ (mnēstḗr) — someone who woos or courts
  • Hungarian: udvarló — someone who woos or courts
  • Italian: spasimante — someone who woos or courts
  • Italian: corteggiatore — someone who woos or courts
  • Italian: pretendente — someone who woos or courts
  • Italian: postulante — someone who woos or courts
  • Italian: richiedente — someone who woos or courts
  • Korean: 구애자 (guaeja) — someone who woos or courts
  • Latin: procus — someone who woos or courts
  • Old English: wōgere — someone who woos or courts
  • Polish: absztyfikant — someone who woos or courts
  • Polish: zalotnik — someone who woos or courts
  • Russian: кавале́р (kavalér) — someone who woos or courts
  • Russian: ухажёр (uxažór) — someone who woos or courts
  • Russian: покло́нник (poklónnik) — someone who woos or courts
  • Russian: покло́нница (poklónnica) — someone who woos or courts
  • Tagalog: manliligaw — someone who woos or courts