Wooer

//ˈwuːə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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