noun especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
2. suitor ·noun one who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
3. suitor ·noun one who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, ·etc.
4. suitor ·noun one who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.