Unsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.
Source: tatoeba (1941)
Suitor
//ˈsutɚ//
Synonyms for "suitor" (115 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (57)
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Translations
50 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μνηστήρ noun (wooer)
- παλαιστής noun (wooer)
Armenian
1 entries- երկրպագու noun (wooer)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ищец noun (party to a suit or litigation)
- ухажор noun (wooer)
Catalan
1 entries- pretendent noun (wooer)
Czech
3 entries- ctitel noun (wooer)
- nápadník noun (wooer)
- zájemce noun (party to a suit or litigation)
Danish
2 entries- beljer noun (wooer)
- frier noun (wooer)
Dutch
1 entries- huwelijkskandidaat noun (wooer)
Finnish
1 entries- kosiskelija noun (wooer)
French
3 entries- plaideur noun (party to a suit or litigation)
- prétendant noun (wooer)
- soupirant noun (wooer)
German
2 entries- Freier noun (wooer)
- Liebeswerber noun (wooer)
Greek
1 entries- μνηστήρας noun (wooer)
Hungarian
1 entries- kérő noun (wooer)
Indonesian
1 entries- perayu noun (wooer)
Irish
3 entries- agróir noun (party to a suit or litigation)
- gearánaí noun (party to a suit or litigation)
- suiríoch noun (wooer)
Italian
4 entries- corteggiatore noun (wooer)
- postulante noun (wooer)
- pretendente noun (wooer)
- richiedente noun (wooer)
Latin
1 entries- procus noun (wooer)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- fryjaŕ noun (wooer)
- fryjowaŕ noun (wooer)
Māori
1 entries- kaimātoro noun (wooer)
Old English
1 entries- wōgere noun (wooer)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Fria noun (wooer)
Portuguese
1 entries- pretendente noun (wooer)
Romanian
1 entries- pețitor noun (wooer)
Russian
4 entries- кавале́р noun (wooer)
- покло́нник noun (wooer)
- покло́нница noun (wooer)
- почита́тель noun (wooer)
Spanish
4 entries- cortejador noun (wooer)
- cortejante noun (wooer)
- galanteador noun (wooer)
- pretendiente noun (wooer)
Swedish
1 entries- friare noun (wooer)
Tagalog
1 entries- manliligaw noun (wooer)
Welsh
1 entries- ymgeisydd noun (wooer)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָווירער noun (wooer)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
She accepted him her suitor.
Source: tatoeba (310691)
He began courting her in earnest when he found out that she had another suitor.
Source: tatoeba (723229)
Each time, when she had let a suitor out of the door, she would soothe her anger and hatred by beating her stepdaughter.
Source: tatoeba (3757253)
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