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suitor

  ('tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A man who is courting a woman.
  2. A person who makes a petition or request.
  3. Law. A person who sues in court; a plaintiff; a petitioner.
  4. A person or group seeking to purchase controlling interest in a company.

[Middle English, plaintiff, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin secūtor, follower, from secūtus, past participle of sequī, to follow.]


 
 
Thesaurus: suitor

noun

  1. A man who courts a woman: admirer, beau, courter, swain, wooer. See sex/asexual.
  2. One that asks a higher authority for something, as a favor or redress: appealer, appellant, petitioner. See ask/answer, law.
  3. One who humbly entreats: beggar, prayer2, suppliant, supplicant. See request.

 

A claimant; a litigant. 15 So. 2d 229, 232. A party to an action in a court of law.

 
WordNet: suitor
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a man who courts a woman
  Synonyms: suer, wooer


 
Translations: Translations for: Suitor

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bejler, frier, ansøger, supplikant

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrijer

Français (French)
n. - prétendant (arch), soupirant (arch), (Fin) prétendant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Freier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μνηστήρας, θαυμαστής, υποψήφιος (γαμπρός), (νομ.) ενάγων

Italiano (Italian)
pretendente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cortejador (m), licitante (m)

Русский (Russian)
поклонник, посетитель, истец, сторона в (судебном) процессе

Español (Spanish)
n. - demandante, pretendiente, galán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kärande (jur.), friare, supplikant, petitionär, ansökande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
起诉者, 求婚者, 请愿者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 起訴者, 求婚者, 請願者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소송인, 구혼자, 청원인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 原告, 請願者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طالب يد المرآة , المشتكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחזר, מגיש תביעה‬


 
 

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