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# suitor

noun (suitors)

«suitor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A suitor is a man who wants to marry a particular woman and pays her attention to win her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/#m1)
2. (old use) A suitor is a person who asks for something, a petitioner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a young man who comes to woo a princess or a girl

### Examples

- A suitor came to woo the princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/#x1)
- Many suitors wanted her hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/#x2)
- The suitor brought her a gift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/#x3)

### Note

counting suitors is counting people; nothing else changes

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suitor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suitor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suitor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suitor.html) on Mova free.