Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who woos or courts.

    Liebeswerber, Verehrer, Freier

    кавале́рkavalér, ухажёрuxažór, покло́нникpoklónnik

    a man who courts a woman

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Fair Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers; Then well one more may fair Bianca have.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
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someone who woos or courts:
Deutsch
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someone who woos or courts:

Origin

From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”

From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).

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Forms

plural: wooers
Singularwooer
Pluralwooers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwoo

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wooer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto