suitor
/ˈsutɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
noun
A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
noun
A party to a suit or litigation.
noun
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Example Sentences
- "(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.)"
- "[…] and Mortimer asserted he had no shortage of suitors ready, willing, and able to make acquisition loans […]"
- "The Betaville blog wrote earlier this week about market speculation that Adevinta was attracting takeover interest, without naming the suitors."
Etymology
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sutour
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsutɚ/
- British English: /ˈsuːtə/