1. suitor - Noun
2. suitor - Verb
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbbott (2007), pp. 70–71 Ada was also very much taken with the gold leaf piano in the Club and once claimed she rejected a suitor because he disapproved of the piano. Source: Internet
Arkell, p. 19; Van der Kiste, p. 15. For her part, Caroline was not fooled by the prince's disguise, and found her suitor attractive. Source: Internet
As the story unfolds, the object of his affection, Laura Lorenzini, engaged to him, breaks off her engagement, and ends up marrying a 'better suitor'. Source: Internet
And it actually gives them something to think about in the short-term, as they face a 24-hour turnaround before facing the New Orleans Pelicans, another eighth-seed suitor. Source: Internet
'Bachelorette' suitor involved in car wreck after COVID-19. Source: Internet
By contrast, arias in opera buffa (comic opera) were often specific in character to the nature of the character being portrayed (for example the cheeky servant-girl or the irascible elderly suitor or guardian). Source: Internet