suitor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: suit=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

suitor, n. 

•  One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.  [1913 Webster]

  "She hath been a suitor to me for her brother."  [1913 Webster]
•  Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.  Sir P. Sidney.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

suitor, n.
1 a man seeking to marry a specified woman; a wooer.
2 a plaintiff or petitioner in a lawsuit.

Etymology

ME f. AF seutor, suitour, etc., f. L secutor -oris f. sequi secut- follow

THESAURUS

suitor

accessory, accusant, accuser, addict, admirer, adorer, allegator, amorist, appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, aspirer, beau, beggar, bidder, boyfriend, candidate, cavalier, claimant, collector, complainant, coveter, defendant, delator, desirer, devotee, escort, fancier, follower, freak, gallant, hankerer, hopeful, impeacher, impugner, inamorato, indictor, infatuate, informer, libelant, litigant, litigationist, litigator, lover, man, panel, paramour, parties litigant, party, petitioner, plaintiff, postulant, prayer, prosecutor, pursuer, seeker, solicitant, solicitor, spark, sparker, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, swain, the prosecution, votary, wanter, wisher, witness, wooer, yearner

ROGET THESAURUS

suitor

Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.

Love

N love, fondness, liking, inclination, regard, dilection, admiration, fancy, affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, heart, brotherly love, benevolence, attachment, yearning, eros, tender passion, amour, gyneolatry, gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry, Cupid, Venus, myrtle, true lover's knot, love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story, the, old story, plighted love, courtship, amourette, free love, maternal love, storge, parental love, young love, puppy love, attractiveness, popularity, favorite, lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove, leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo, caro sposo, inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa, betrothed, affianced, fiancee, flirt, coquette, amorette, pair of turtledoves, abode of love, agapemone, loving, fond of, taken with, struck with, smitten, bitten, attached to, wedded to, enamored, charmed, in love, love-sick, over head and ears in love, head over heels in love, affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving, amorous, amatory, fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly, loved, beloved well beloved, dearly beloved, dear, precious, darling, pet, little, favorite, popular, congenial, after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart, in one's good graces, dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart, lovable, adorable, lovely, sweet, attractive, seductive, winning, charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching, amiable, like an angel, amantes amentes, credula res amor est, militat omnis amasius, love conquers all, omnia vincit amor, si vis amari ama, the sweetest joy, the wildest woe.