Definition of suitor

• n. - One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
• n. - Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
• n. - One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
• n. - One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.