suitor

Alternative forms

• suitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Noun

suitor (plural suitors)

1. (law) a party to a suit or litigation
2. one who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner
3. one who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress

Verb

suitor (third-person singular simple present suitors, present participle suitoring, simple past and past participle suitored)

1. To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

References

• suitor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• turios

Verb

suitor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of suō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of suō