wooern.

Brit.

/ˈwuːə/, U.S.

/ˈwuər/

Forms: Old English wogere, Middle English woware, wowere (Middle English wouwere), Middle English–1500s wower, Middle English–1500s chiefly Scottish wowar, Middle English woar, Scottish woweir, 1500s Scottish wawar, 1500s–1700s woer, 1500s– wooer.

Etymology: Old English wógere, < woo v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. One who woos a woman, esp. with a view to marriage, a suitor; rarely a woman who woos a man. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who courts or woos

wooerc1000

company-keeper1554

suitor?1555

love-maker1581

squire1590

courter1611

chevalier1630

Protestant1648

suitorer1688

cavalier1752

courtier1766

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage > one who

wooerc1000

pursuivant1523

suitor?1555

requirant1567

soliciterc1592

courter1611

pretendera1625

pretendant1625

addressor1669

addresser1683

courtier1766

pursuer1823

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xvii. 157 Sume hi wyrcað heora wogerum drencas..þæt hi hi to wife habbon.

c1025–50 Rule of Chrodegang lii. (1916) 64 Þonne wite þu þæt hi beoð wogeras swiðor þonne preostas.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 73 Ich am wowere scheomeful. ne ich nule nohwer cluppe mi leofmon bute istude derne.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 71 Ȝe faren lyke þise woweres, Þat wedde none wydwes but forto welde here godis.

a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xliv That it myghte come to theffecte of true spousage he hathe suche gracyous spekynges this maner of a wower to a chosen soule.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 196 Traist nocht all talis that wantoun woweris tellis.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiii He vnto hir a goodly tale began, More lyke a wooer, than a weddyd man.

1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 88 He compares God to a Woer, the Angell to a sollicitour, and Mary to the beloved.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 8 Now, Woer, quoth he, wou'd ye light down I'll gie ye my doghter's love to win.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 133 She were fittest Valentine in Perth for so craven a wooer.

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. xvi. 125 Mr. Bounderby went..to Stone Lodge as an accepted wooer.

1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xviii. 44 ‘Love at first sight’ is no uncommon thing when Jesus is the wooer.

b. transferred of the lower animals.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 126^v If shee haue not been horsed before, she wil so beate her woer, that [etc.].

1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 236 It is not always the males [sc. butterflies] who are the wooers.

c. In combinations.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 300 To crowd In amorus voce and wowar soundis lowd.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 153 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-babs.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wooer-bab, the garter knotted below the knee with a couple of loops, formerly worn by a young man who was too sheepish to announce in plain terms the purpose of his visit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wooer
释义	wooern. Brit. /ˈwuːə/, U.S. /ˈwuər/ Forms: Old English wogere, Middle English woware, wowere (Middle English wouwere), Middle English–1500s wower, Middle English–1500s chiefly Scottish wowar, Middle English woar, Scottish woweir, 1500s Scottish wawar, 1500s–1700s woer, 1500s– wooer. Etymology: Old English wógere, < woo v.¹ + -er suffix¹. a. One who woos a woman, esp. with a view to marriage, a suitor; rarely a woman who woos a man. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who courts or woos wooerc1000 company-keeper1554 suitor?1555 love-maker1581 squire1590 courter1611 chevalier1630 Protestant1648 suitorer1688 cavalier1752 courtier1766 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage > one who wooerc1000 pursuivant1523 suitor?1555 requirant1567 soliciterc1592 courter1611 pretendera1625 pretendant1625 addressor1669 addresser1683 courtier1766 pursuer1823 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xvii. 157 Sume hi wyrcað heora wogerum drencas..þæt hi hi to wife habbon. c1025–50 Rule of Chrodegang lii. (1916) 64 Þonne wite þu þæt hi beoð wogeras swiðor þonne preostas. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 73 Ich am wowere scheomeful. ne ich nule nohwer cluppe mi leofmon bute istude derne. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 71 Ȝe faren lyke þise woweres, Þat wedde none wydwes but forto welde here godis. a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xliv That it myghte come to theffecte of true spousage he hathe suche gracyous spekynges this maner of a wower to a chosen soule. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 196 Traist nocht all talis that wantoun woweris tellis. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiii He vnto hir a goodly tale began, More lyke a wooer, than a weddyd man. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 88 He compares God to a Woer, the Angell to a sollicitour, and Mary to the beloved. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 8 Now, Woer, quoth he, wou'd ye light down I'll gie ye my doghter's love to win. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 133 She were fittest Valentine in Perth for so craven a wooer. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. xvi. 125 Mr. Bounderby went..to Stone Lodge as an accepted wooer. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xviii. 44 ‘Love at first sight’ is no uncommon thing when Jesus is the wooer. b. transferred of the lower animals. Π 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 126^v If shee haue not been horsed before, she wil so beate her woer, that [etc.]. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 236 It is not always the males [sc. butterflies] who are the wooers. c. In combinations. Π 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 300 To crowd In amorus voce and wowar soundis lowd. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 153 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-babs. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wooer-bab, the garter knotted below the knee with a couple of loops, formerly worn by a young man who was too sheepish to announce in plain terms the purpose of his visit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1000
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