From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsuitorsui‧tor /ˈsuːtə, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuːtər/ noun [countable]old useMARRY a man who wants to marry a particular womanExamples from the Corpussuitor• Fairfax tells me that he is a suitor, eager to layclaim to a girl who is now only eleven.• The geeky suitor lost, which pushes the wrongbuttons.• Bianca, the younger, more desirabledaughter has swarms of suitors.• Our suitors have to shout just to get our names.• A possiblesuitor wearing a Walkmansang along intermittently much louder than he realized.• The government therefore turned to multinational companies as potentialsuitors for Rover.Originsuitor(1200-1300)Anglo-FrenchLatinsecutor“follower”, from sequi“to follow”
