suitors

noun

plural of suitor
1
as in boyfriends
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday

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2
as in solicitors
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company

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Recent Examples of suitors The injury was raised again during a frantic final 24 hours of the transfer window when Crystal Palace emerged as rival suitors for Fofana. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Zoie, a dynamic forward and at 5-9 taller than her 5-5 fraternal twin Kai, had a longer list of Division I, Power 4 college suitors than her sister. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Potential suitors would also naturally be looking at what the future holds for the entertainment business at large. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The Old Hollywood starlet received eight engagement rings from her suitors, as some of them opted to give her other jewelry in lieu of a ring. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026 Keystone then packages the footage into a highlight reel for prospective college suitors. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026 As with the original format, contestants must choose between three potential suitors, hidden from view behind a wall. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 While other suitors offered him the chance for more touches, Pryor wanted to give the Gators a game-changing complement to star tailback Jadan Baugh. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 As for the story, neither the Phantom nor the callow boyfriend struck me as proper suitors for Christine. — David Allen, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitors
  1. boyfriends
  2. solicitors
  3. lovers
  4. petitioners
  5. swains
  6. beggars
  7. men
  8. supplicants
Noun
  • The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.
    — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As well as the two ur-bad boyfriends from HBO’s Girls Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver who will portray, respectively, Professor Charles Xavier and Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • Brooks said her family has encountered plenty of door-to-door solicitors over the years, but never one knocking that late at night.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In the early 1970s, in the midst of an oil crisis, my father ran a solicitors' firm.
    — Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of solicitors
Noun
  • Unfortunately for fans of the franchise, the beetle has come for an Owens this time, not one of their lovers.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For lovers of the first film, the sequel, arriving 28 years later, will go down like one of those midnight margaritas.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Goodenow ruled that the petitioners met the necessary burden to prove the lawsuit was a violation of their petition rights.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Until recently in Louisiana’s Western District, petitioners had to formally deliver the lawsuit and summons to government defendants in person and through certified mail.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of petitioners
Noun
  • Between the romantic fantasy of Anna and her two swains, the swoony Tuscan locales bathed in creamy golden light, and the tomatoes, You, Me & Tuscany delivers everything its title promises.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of swains
Noun
  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of beggars
Noun
  • The only men were the mayor, the three members of town council, the priest from the Catholic church, Father Michael, and the reverend from the Baptist church, as well as a man with a balding head and a full moustache, his suit pressed and clean.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The two men lined up with left winger Vasily Podkolzin at the captain’s practice on Wednesday.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of men
Noun
  • Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • More than anything, in the halo headpieces that are her signature accessory, Mary recalls a medieval religious icon, the Holy Virgin as fictional diva, touching down on stages in major markets to be adored by seas of light-waving supplicants.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of supplicants

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