Wooer
//ˈwuːə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who woos or courts.
"Penelope for her Vliſſes ſake, / Deuiz'd a VVeb her vvooers to deceaue: / in vvhich the vvorke that ſhe all day did make / the ſame at night ſhe did againe vnreaue, […]"
- 2 a man who courts a woman wordnet
Example
More examples"Penelope for her Vliſſes ſake, / Deuiz'd a VVeb her vvooers to deceaue: / in vvhich the vvorke that ſhe all day did make / the ſame at night ſhe did againe vnreaue, […]"
Etymology
From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).
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