suitor

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
2. noun A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
3. noun A party to a suit or litigation.
4. noun One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
5. verb To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

Similar words

wooer lover beau swain pretender princess contender pledge claim hand

Often followed by

for to of who and in was is had

Word family

suitors