suiter
- noun
- /ˈsuːtər/
- UK
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pretendiente
- James Sakoda confirmed these complaints about zoot suiters, juxtaposing his conservative upbringing in 1930s Boyle Heights with that of "rowdy" Nisei.
Examples
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The charming suiter brought her flowers and complimented her smile during their date.
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At the party, she noticed several young suiters trying to impress her with their dance moves.
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They were pachucos, zoot-suiters, and proud of it.
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Sidney, did you hear the story about the cloak-and-suiter who —
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Adolescents like these may not have made interethnic dating as central a part of their social lives as the zoot suiters did, but they sought out such relations temporarily.
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In their conflicted and varied responses to the brash masculinity of zoot suiters, ethnic girls displayed their own identity struggles.
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Although the majority of youth found the repeated, bold crossings of zoot suiters off-putting, they did not eschew interethnic romance altogether.
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Margarita Salazar (Mexican) of Boyle Heights maintained a careful distance from zoot suiters and their female companions in the 1930s.
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Despite the attention from several suiters, she remained focused on her studies.
Synonyms
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4.4
A man who wants to marry a woman
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7.0
A young man who acts charming and shows romantic interest
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8.6
A man who tries to win a woman's love, often to marry her
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6.5
A person who tries to charm others to start a romantic relationship
A man who tries to win a woman's love to marry her
A person who tries to win someone's love often to marry
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
suiter = suit (transparent) = suit + er
Derived from 'suit' (to court) + '-er', so someone who courts another is predictably an agent.
Etymology
Suiter comes from the old root sequi 'to follow', keeping the idea of 'pursuing' someone in love. So a suiter is a person who tries to win someone's heart by courting them and showing interest.