suitor
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈsuːtər/
:
pretendiente
- Jaya's had many suitors before, with her great beauty and fine figure, but none were good enough for her.
- potential suitor
- many suitors
- rejected suitor
But now, my lady, you must choose between one of these two suitors form a realm.
- But now, my lady, you must choose between one of these two suitors form a realm.
- I need a moment where you will reject unworthy suitors.
- So that impairs my ability to even go find suitors because I don't get out of my house much.
- Did he single handedly or with the aid of his son, dispatch all those suitors?
- I don't remember many conversations from my mom's side on how to be a suitable suitor.
- And the old man Harry, you know, he knows his daughter's a catch, and when the suitors arrive, he likes to weigh and measure them and see how they'll respond.
- I can't believe how hot you are that we haven't received just a deluge of applications of suitors chomping at the bit.
Examples
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On Eva's twenty-first birthday, suitors crowded into the Great Hall to ask for her hand in marriage.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dearest, you've got to stop rejecting every suitor who comes to call.
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And the first time they will say no and then the potential suitor is expected to leave a gift.
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So, like it or not, you have to choose a suitor.
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Perhaps you'd rather be a suitor to her.
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And he also revealed that he had been a suitor for the hand of David's mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you have many, many suitors?
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I would not want to make any of your many suitors jealous.
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The lords are presenting their sons as suitors for your betrothal.
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Jaya's had many suitors before, with her great beauty and fine figure, but none were good enough for her.
Synonyms
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2.3
A person who likes and respects someone, often in a romantic way
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9.9
A man who loves a woman and tries to win her, often in old poems
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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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6.4
A person who admires and loves someone very much, often in a romantic way
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
A person who tries to win someone's love often to marry
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
suitor = suit (semi-transparent) = suit + or
The form is clearly suit + agentive -or, but the courtship sense of 'suit' is relatively uncommon compared with senses like 'clothing' or 'be appropriate', so learners may not reliably infer 'one who courts' from 'suit'.
Etymology
The word suitor comes from an old root sequor meaning 'to follow', like the English word pursue, so a suitor is someone who 'follows' or 'pursues' a person because they want to marry them.