suitor noun

/ˈsj uː.tər/

/ˈsuː.ɚ/ n [C]

Definition

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literary a man who wants to marry a particular woman

It's the story of a young woman who can't make up her mind which of her many suitors she should marry.

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specialized a person or company who wants to take control of another company

PJH Corporation said it had been approached by two possible suitors who had submitted bids to buy the company.

(Definition of suitor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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