English-Thai Dictionary

suitor

N ผู้ ฟ้องร้อง  โจทก์  phu-fong-rong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUITOR

n.One that sues or prosecutes a demand of right in law, as a plaintiff, petitioner or appellant. 1. One who attends a court, whether plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror and the like. These, in legal phraseology, are all included in the word suitors.
2. A petitioner; an applicant.
She hath been a suitor to me for her brother.
3. One who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUITOR

SUITOR 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

suitor

suit or |ˈso͞otər ˈsudər | ▶noun a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage. • a prospective buyer of a business or corporation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘member of a retinue ’): from Anglo-Norman French seutor, from Latin secutor, from sequi ‘follow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

suitor

suitor |ˈs (j )uːtə | ▶noun 1 a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage. 2 a prospective buyer of a business or corporation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘member of a retinue ’): from Anglo-Norman French seutor, from Latin secutor, from sequi ‘follow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

suitor

suitor noun Rosie routinely rejected the suitors who sought her affections, until Laurence came along: admirer, wooer, boyfriend, sweetheart, lover, beau; literary swain.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

suitor

suitor noun 1 she decided to marry her suitor: admirer, beau, wooer, boyfriend, sweetheart, lover, inamorato, escort; literary swain, follower. 2 the colonies became rival suitors for the location of the capital of the state: petitioner, supplicant, beseecher, suppliant, plaintiff, pleader, appellant, applicant; rare pretendant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

suitor

suit or /súːtə r , ｟英 ｠sjúːtə /名詞 C 1 ｟古 ｠求婚者 (!男性についていう ) .2 他企業を買い取ろうとする会社 [組織 ].3 嘆願者 .4 〘法 〙提訴者, 原告 .