suitor

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sui·tor /ˈsuːtə, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuːtər/ noun [countable]  old useMARRY a man who wants to marry a particular woman 〔女子的〕追求者，求婚者

Examples from the Corpus

suitor• Fairfax tells me that he is a suitor, eager to lay claim to a girl who is now only eleven.• The geeky suitor lost, which pushes the wrong buttons.• Bianca, the younger, more desirable daughter has swarms of suitors.• Our suitors have to shout just to get our names.• A possible suitor wearing a Walkman sang along intermittently much louder than he realized.• The government therefore turned to multinational companies as potential suitors for Rover.Origin suitor (1200-1300) Anglo-French Latin secutor “follower”, from sequi “to follow”

sui·tor nounChineseSyllable  

a a particular who to woman wants marry Corpus man

suitor
sui‧tor /ˈsuːtə, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuːtər/ noun [countable]old use a man who wants to marry a particular woman

suitorBrE /ˈsuːtə(r)/ 🔊, also /ˈsjuːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsuːtər/ 🔊 noun(old-fashioned) a man who wants to marry a particular woman 求婚者(business 商业) a company that wants to buy another company 有意收购另一公司的公司