SUITOR


Meaning of SUITOR in English

/ ˈsuːtə(r); NAmE ; BrE also ˈsjuː-/ noun

1.

( old-fashioned ) a man who wants to marry a particular woman

2.

( business ) a company that wants to buy another company

••

WORD ORIGIN

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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.