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Webster 1913 Edition
Suitor
Suit′or
,Noun.
1.
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
She hath been a
suitor
to me for her brother. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suitor
SUITOR
,Noun.
1.
One who attends a court, whether plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror and the like. These, in legal phraseology, are all included in the word suitors.2.
A petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother.
3.
One who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.