suitor

Definitions


[ˈsuːtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage
(e.g: she decided to marry her suitor)

- a prospective buyer of a business or corporation
(e.g: the company agreed to negotiate with its suitor)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘member of a retinue’): from Anglo-Norman French seutor, from Latin secutor, from sequi ‘follow’




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