suitor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsuːtə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsutɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈsjuːtə/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
Meanings
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One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
(Notice that "Lysias" begins from the realistic assumption that an attractive young man with many suitors will "gratify" one of them, the only question being which. Rightly or wrongly, he treats the question, "Shall I at all?" as already resolved.)
1999, Martha Craven Nussbaum, Sex and Social Justice, →ISBN, page 316:
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(broadly) A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
The Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors.
2023 September 21, Silas Brown, Dinesh Nair, Swetha Gopinath, “Blackstone, Permira Explore Bid for eBay-Backed Adevinta”, in Bloomberg.com:[…] and Mortimer asserted he had no shortage of suitors ready, willing, and able to make acquisition loans […]
2016, Gary D. McGugan, Three Weeks Less a Day, page 43:
- A party to a suit or litigation.
- One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suitour | alternative | lexicographic | |
| suitors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
suitorless · suitorship · cosuitor · suitress · suitoress
Synonyms
sparker · adorer · love interest · courter · sweetheart · admirer · follower · darling · courter · suer · lover · wooer · loteby · love · plaintiff · claimant · crush · pursuer · leman · enamorado · sparker · applicant · wooer · beau · litigant · beloved · paramour · flame · truelove · baby
Translations (53)
pt litigante (party to a suit or litigation) · it pretendente (wooer) · pt pretendente (wooer) · fr prétendant (wooer) · cs zájemce (party to a suit or litigation) · nl huwelijkskandidaat (wooer) · ang wōgere (wooer) · ro pețitor (wooer) · fr plaideur (party to a suit or litigation) · cs nápadník (wooer) · tl manliligaw (wooer) · dsb fryjaŕ (wooer) · sv friare (wooer) · ru почита́тель (wooer) · pdt Fria (wooer) · hu kérő (wooer) · el μνηστήρας (wooer) · ga gearánaí (party to a suit or litigation) · la procus (wooer) · fi kosiskelija (wooer) · ca pretendent (wooer) · it richiedente (wooer) · it corteggiatore (wooer) · ru покло́нница (wooer) · ga agróir (party to a suit or litigation) · grc παλαιστής (wooer) · ru ухажёр (wooer) · es galanteador (wooer) · dsb fryjowaŕ (wooer) · da bejler (wooer) · ru покло́нник (wooer) · es sherete (wooer) · cs ctitel (wooer) · de Freier (wooer) · mi kaimātoro (wooer) · bg ухажор (wooer) · da frier (wooer) · grc μνηστήρ (wooer) · id perayu (wooer) · ga suiríoch (wooer) · es cortejador (wooer) · no frier (wooer) · es cortejante (wooer) · it postulante (wooer) · hy երկրպագու (wooer) · de Liebeswerber (wooer) · ru почита́тельница (wooer) · yi אָווירער (wooer) · bg ищец (party to a suit or litigation) · ru кавале́р (wooer) · fr soupirant (wooer) · cy ymgeisydd (wooer) · es pretendiente (wooer)