SUITOR, noun One that sues or prosecutes a demand of right in law, as a plaintiff, petitioner or appellant. 1. One who attends a court, whether plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror and the like. These, in legal phraseology, are all included in the word suitors. 2. A petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. 3. One who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI