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Another word for suitor

Noun

  1. A man who courts a woman

    2. See also:

    sex

  2. One that asks a higher authority for something, as a favor or redress

    3. See also:

    law

    ask

  3. One who humbly entreats

    4. See also:

    request

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Another word for suitor

Noun

  1. A lover

    2. See also:

    lover

  2. A petitioner

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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.

  • of Lord Hertford, a suitor especially forbidden by James.

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