Category:Suitor

Suit"or, n.

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.