Associations to the word «Suitor»

Wiktionary

SUITOR, noun. (legal) A party to a suit or litigation.
SUITOR, noun. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
SUITOR, noun. One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.
SUITOR, verb. To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

Dictionary definition

SUITOR, noun. A man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the princess".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.