suitor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a man who courts a woman
    suer; wooer.
    • a suer for the hand of the princess

WordNet

Suit"or noun
Definitions
  1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
    She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak.
  2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. Sir P. Sidney.
  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.

Webster 1913