Suitor

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːtÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• suitour obsolete

Full definition of suitor

Noun

1. (legal) 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

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