Suitor

Word SUITOR
Character 6
Hyphenation suit or
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Suitor"

What do we mean by suitor?

A man who is courting a woman. noun

A person who makes a petition or request. noun

A person who sues in court; a plaintiff; a petitioner. noun

A person or entity trying to acquire a controlling interest in a company, as by purchasing sufficient shares of its stock. noun

In law, a party to a suit or litigation. noun

One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner. noun

One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress. noun

To play the suitor; woo; make love.

One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. noun

Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. noun

One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. noun

One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like. noun

A party to a suit or litigation. noun

One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner. noun

One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress. noun

To play the suitor; to woo; to make love. verb

A man who courts a woman noun

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for marriage; a wooer; one who courts someone.

A party to a suit or litigation.

One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.

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The word "suitor" in example sentences

Review: Forgetting the fact that the "suitor" is actually the girl's cousin and that the girl is fifteen years old - because that whole thing's a little creepy - this hardly qualifies as a time travel story just because two captains travel around the world in opposite directions so that each is one calendar day off from local time. ❋ Unknown (2005)

She called her suitor “Isidore:” this, however, she intimated was not his real name, but one by which it pleased her to baptize him — his own, she hinted, not being ❋ Unknown (2003)

He asked her why she did not accept the titled suitor and she replied that titles had no attraction for her, that her mind was made up; there was somebody she liked very much, he might ask her to be his wife some day and she would wait. ❋ Nat Gould (1888)

She called her suitor "Isidore:" this, however, she intimated was not his real name, but one by which it pleased her to baptize him ❋ Charlotte Bront�� (1835)

On the move: City will want to hold on to Bellamy, while Spurs boss Harry Redknapp - a long term suitor - can offer Champions League football ❋ Unknown (2010)

The third remaining suitor is Italian carmaker Fiat (FIA. MI), which is also in the running to take over another of GM's European units, Germany's Opel, the paper added. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether the suitor is the appealing Hippolitus or the vile Duke de Luovo, the effect of the marriage plot on Emilia and Julia is the same: separation. [ ❋ Unknown (2006)

"detailed discussions" with several interested parties - not least long-term suitor EA - but has concluded that moving forward as an independent business would be in the best interests of its shareholders. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Pride and Prejudice, as an example, Darcy, Elizabeth’s suitor, is a serious character who is contrasted with Elizabeth’s sister Lydia’s suitor, Wickham, a wacky con man. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's about how to tell if your suitor is a serial killer, how to escape from a bad date. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They found that women respond positively to lines that indicate the suitor is a “nice guy,” while men are “consistently over-optimistic” about the success of sexually explicit come-ons. ❋ Unknown (2007)

: Shares in British soccer-gear manufacturer Umbro soared nearly 30% after the group admitted it had received a takeover approach from an unidentified suitor, and it is understood that the suitor is the giant U.S. sportswear brand Nike and that talks are already at an advanced stage. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But suppose the suitor is a good man, and well-to-do, and if he is willing to wait, if he only asks permission to see you occasionally in the hope of gaining your affections in time? ❋ Unknown (2006)

When your suitor is a man of incongruous temper, ungenial habits, and of a morose and unsympathetic disposition, this same precious, divine instinct acts, and the man feels, though he cannot tell why, that all his arts and aspirations are in vain. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Once, when the suitor was a man whose character and position made the union very desirable in Eli ❋ Various (N/A)

The suitor was a well-grown young fellow in a grey suit, with a straw hat jauntily ribboned in red and black. ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

Once, when the suitor was a man whose character and position made the union very desirable in Eli Mitchenor's eyes, he ventured to use his paternal influence. ❋ Unknown (1872)

"How much dost thee get, Thomas Clodpole?" said Mr. Brock to a countryman (he was the man whom Mr.. Catherine had described as her suitor), who had laughed loudest at some of his jokes: "how much dost thee get for a week's work, now?" ❋ William Makepeace Thackeray (1837)

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