Suitor Synonyms

so͝otər
One that asks a higher authority for something, as a favor or redress
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. appealer
  2. appellant
  3. petitioner
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A petitioner
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. suppliant
  2. supplicant
  3. beggar
  4. prayer
  5. beseecher
  6. appellant

Words Related to Suitor

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Suitor Sentence Examples

  • If a suitor changed his mind, he forfeited the presents.

  • Her father wished her to marry a son of Philip IV., king of Spain, while her cousin, the elector palatine, Charles Louis, was also a suitor for her hand, but both proposals fell through and she became the wife of a Dutch prince, William, son of Frederick Henry, prince of Orange.

  • He corresponded frequently with Mary, but there being no hopes whatever of his restoration, and a new suitor being found in the duke of Norfolk, Mary demanded a divorce, on pleas which recall those of Henry VIII.

  • She was famed for her running, and would only consent to marry a suitor who could outstrip her in a race, the consequence of failure being death.

  • Already more than one suitor had made application for her hand, Ferdinand of Aragon, who ultimately became her husband, being among the number; for some little time she was engaged to his elder brother Charles, who died in 1461.

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