suitor

/ˈsudər/

/ˈsutə/

Other forms: suitors

A suitor is a guy who asks you out on a date. You can describe your sister's prom escort as her suitor.

The noun suitor is an old fashioned word for a somewhat old fashioned kind of person: a man who woos or courts a woman. If a boy serenades you from below your bedroom window, he is your suitor, especially if he hopes to marry you one day. In the fourteenth century, a suitor was a fan or follower — the romantic meaning came along almost two hundred years later. The root is the Latin word sequi, "to attend or follow."

Definitions of suitor

1. noun

   a man who courts a woman
   synonyms: suer, wooer

   types:

   prince charming

   a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved

   type of:

   admirer, adorer

   someone who admires a young woman