Suit"or (?), n.
1. One who
sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
She hath been
a suitor to me for her brother.
Shak. 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. Sir P. Sidney.
3. (a) (Law) One who sues or
prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner,
etc. (b) (O.
Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant,
witness, juror, or the like.
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