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One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.

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  1. n. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
  2. n. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
  3. n. One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
  4. n. One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
  5. n. a man who courts a woman
  6. 1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak. 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. Sir P. Sidney. 3. (a) (Law) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. (b) (O. Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
  7. n:100 n. a man who courts a woman