SUITOR
ADJECTIVES
1839 — SUITORCIDE fatal to suitors
NOUNS, PERSON
1523 — PURSUIVANT a wooer, a suitor → obs.
1578 — CORRIVAL a rival in love; a rival suitor → arch.
1625 — PRETENDANT a suitor; a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage → obs.
1625 — PRETENDER a suitor; a wooer → obs.
1669 — ADDRESSOR a person who pays addresses; a suitor → obs.
1673 — NICKUMPOOP — NINCOMPOOP — NINCUMPOOP — NINK-A-POOP — NINKOMPOOP — NINKUMPUPE — NINNY-CUM-POOP a fool, a simpleton; a suitor who lacks self-confidence; a henpecked husband → sl.
1683 — ADDRESSER a suitor → obs.
1706 — SPARK a beau, a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart
1714 — SUITRESS a female suitor
1785 — MAN a lover, a suitor → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — HANG-SLEEVE a dangler; an officious but unmeaning suitor → Eng. dial.
1824 — WILLYART a shy person; a timid suitor → Sc.
1831 — DETRIMENTAL a younger brother of the heir of an estate; an ineligible suitor → society sl.
1849 — SOUPIRANT n. a male admirer, a suitor
1885 — BACHELOR an admirer; a suitor → Ireland
1926 — BEAU-LOVER a suitor, a lover → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1588 — SUE to be a suitor to a woman → arch.
1809 — KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down → Amer. dial.
1859 — BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date → Amer. dial.
1889 — HANG UP THE HAT to be very intimate in a house; to be an accepted suitor → Sc.
1893 — BOUNCE to reject as a suitor → US colloq.
1915 — GIVE THE ICY MITT to reject as a suitor → Amer. dial.
1941 — KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down → Amer. dial.
1965 — GIVE ONE THE IGG to reject a suitor → Amer. dial.
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