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单词 suitor
释义 suit·or
I. \ˈsüd.ə(r), -ütə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English suter, sutor, suitor, from Anglo-French suter, suitor, from Latin secutor follower, pursuer, from secutus (past participle of sequi to follow) + -or — more at sue
1. archaic : one of a retinue : follower
2.
 a. : one in attendance upon a feudal superior
 b. : one that petitions or entreats : pleader, petitioner
  < she hath been a suitor to me for her brother — Shakespeare >
  < a petition, signed by the parties … who are suitors for the bill — T.E.May >
 c. : one that sues at law or prosecutes an action in a court of justice : a party to a suit : litigant
3. : one that courts a woman or seeks to marry her : wooer
 < had difficulty choosing between her two suitors >
 < a suitor for the old king's daughter — A.C.Whitehead >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
archaic : to behave as a suitor : court a woman
transitive verb
archaic : to seek (a woman) in marriage : woo
 < the miller's son … suitored me — Sir Walter Scott >
III. noun
: one that seeks to take over a business
 < negotiations with a corporate suitor >
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