'Suitor' definitions:
Definition of 'suitor'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Suitor'
From: GCIDE
- Suitor \Suit"or\, n.
- 1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. [1913 Webster]
- She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (a) (Law) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. (b) (O. Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suitor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accusant,
- accuser,
- addict,
- admirer,
- adorer,
- allegator,
- amorist,
- appellant,
- applicant,
- asker,
- aspirant,
- aspirer,
- beau,
- beggar,
- bidder,
- boyfriend,
- candidate,
- cavalier,
- claimant,
- collector,
- complainant,
- coveter,
- defendant,
- delator,
- desirer,
- devotee,
- escort,
- fancier,
- follower,
- freak,
- gallant,
- hankerer,
- hopeful,
- impeacher,
- impugner,
- inamorato,
- indictor,
- infatuate,
- informer,
- libelant,
- litigant,
- litigationist,
- litigator,
- lover,
- man,
- panel,
- paramour,
- parties litigant,
- party,
- petitioner,
- plaintiff,
- postulant,
- prayer,
- prosecutor,
- pursuer,
- seeker,
- solicitant,
- solicitor,
- spark,
- sparker,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicator,
- swain,
- the prosecution,
- votary,
- wanter,
- wisher,
- witness,
- wooer,
- yearner