suitor
/ˈsutɚ/ noun C1- One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
- A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
- A party to a suit or litigation.
- One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Plural suitors
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And, simple suitor, I your hand
He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter on one condition: that he should allow him to extract his teeth, and cut off his claws, as his daughter was fearfully afraid of both.
“‘Yes, I knew him well, in fact, he was an old suitor of mine.
We know now why Stapleton looked with disfavour upon his sister’s suitor—even when that suitor was so eligible a one as Sir Henry.
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