Suitor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsuːtər|  American pronunciation of the word suitor
Brit.  |ˈsuːtə|  British pronunciation of the word suitor

noun

- a man who courts a woman (syn: wooer)

Extra examples

He was her most persistent suitor, and she eventually agreed to marry him.

An unwanted suitor is buying up the company's stock.

...the widow plied her suitor with dainties and endless glasses of sherry...

...“I would fain not marry that suitor, my lord,” the princess pleaded...

...angrily threw the unwanted valentine back in the would-be suitor's kisser...

...an impressively sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her flowers and other tokens of his affection...

The one great fact of which her politic suitor took account. (W. H. Dixon)

Word forms

noun
singular: suitor
plural: suitors
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