wooer
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈwuːər/
- In the park, she was approached by her persistent wooer who brought her flowers every week.
Examples
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In the big city, the twin spirits Romance and Adventure are always abroad seeking worthy wooers.
Blog text (14) -
A twelvemonth and a day, I'll Mark no words that smooth-faced wooers say.
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But he is her wooer
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And do not rely on support coined the wooer.
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When asked by her father, "If she confessed that she was half the wooer," Desdemona does not in fact answer this question.
Academic text (2005) -
"When a wooer goes a-wooing, oh, the sweets that never cloy!"
Fiction book (1990) -
In this context, one recalls that Narcissus's response to his many wooers in the time before he fell in love with his image in the pool was simple.
Academic text (1990) -
Brabantio therefore asks Desdemona to deny that "she was half the wooer" (1.3.174).
Academic text (2005) -
I'd often overheard Charmian on the phone whispering sugary sentences to would-be wooers.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Nonie is infatuated and tough about having attention paid to her as someone afflicted with intense (and okay) feelings, as the wooer of the other girl; then, too, she makes a point of demeaning whomever she woos.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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4.4
A man who wants to marry a woman
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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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5.0
A person who tries to win someone's love, often to marry
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9.5
A person who gives too much praise and attention to someone
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8.1
A person who tries to win someone's love often to marry
A man who tries to win a woman's love to marry her
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Etymology
Wooer comes from the simple verb woo, which means 'to seek someone's love' or 'court', and the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. So a wooer is literally 'one who woos' or 'one who courts' someone, often hoping for marriage.