suitor

  1. Noun.  (legal) A party to a suit or litigation.
  2. Noun.  One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
  3. Noun.  One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.
  4. Verb.  To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

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