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   suitor

   /ˈsuːtə/

   noun

   • 1. a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage: "she decided to marry her suitor" Similar admirerbeauwooerboyfriendsweetheartloverinamoratoescortliterary:swain
   • 2. a prospective buyer of a business or corporation: "the company agreed to negotiate with its suitor"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘member of a retinue’): from Anglo-Norman French seutor, from Latin secutor, from sequi ‘follow’.

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   How do you describe a suitor?

   • A suitor is a guy who asks you out on a date. You can describe your sister's prom escort as her suitor. The noun suitor is an old fashioned word for a somewhat old fashioned kind of person: a man who woos or courts a woman. If a boy serenades you from below your bedroom window, he is your suitor, especially if he hopes to marry you one day.

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   What is a person's suitor?

   • A person's suitor is someone who wants to marry them. My mother had a suitor who adored her. A suitor is a company or organization that wants to buy another company. The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor. Whatever is offered by the bank is unlikely to be improved on by any rival suitor.

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   Who is a suitor of a company?

   • A suitor is also a person or company that wants to take control of another company. a suitor for sth A German private equity firm is understood to be one of the suitors for the company. Likely suitors include utilities and independent oil and gas companies.

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   What is a suitor in banking?

   • A suitor is a company or organization that wants to buy another company. The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor. Whatever is offered by the bank is unlikely to be improved on by any rival suitor. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Collins English Dictionary.

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   A suitor is a man who wants to marry a particular woman or a person or company who wants to take control of another company. Learn more about the word, its usage and its pronunciation with Cambridge Dictionary.

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     a man who wants to marry a particular woman: It's the story...

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   • Suitor in Simplified Chinese

     SUITOR translate: （女子的）求婚者，追求者, 有收购意向者. Learn more in the...

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     SUITOR translate: konkurent, zalotnik, starający się. Learn...

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   • Suitor Spanish Translation

     SUITOR translate: pretendiente, posible adquisidor, posible...

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     suitor translate: ผู้ชายที่เกี้ยวพาราสีผู้หญิง. Learn more...

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   1. : one that petitions or entreats. 2. : a party to a suit at law. 3. : one who courts a woman or seeks to marry her. 4. : one who seeks to take over a business. Synonyms. gallant. swain. wooer. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of suitor in a Sentence. He was her most persistent suitor, and she eventually agreed to marry him.

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   Suitor definition: a man who courts or woos a woman.. See examples of SUITOR used in a sentence.

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   A suitor is a guy who asks you out on a date. You can describe your sister's prom escort as her suitor.

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   suitor in British English. (ˈsuːtə , ˈsjuːt- ) noun. 1. someone who courts another person; wooer. 2. law. a person who brings a suit in a court of law; plaintiff. 3. rare. a person who makes a request or appeal for anything.