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suitor

suit·or [ stər ] (plural suit·ors)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. man wooing woman: a man who is trying to persuade a woman to marry him ( formal )

2. business somebody seeking to take over business: somebody who seeks to buy or take over a business

3. law somebody who brings lawsuit: somebody on whose behalf a case is brought to a law court

[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman seutor, suitour< Latin secutor "follower" < sequi "follow"]
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