Suitor

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.

II. Suitor ·noun One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an Applicant.

III. Suitor ·noun One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, ·etc.

IV. Suitor ·noun One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.