courtern.
/ˈkɔːtə/ One who courts; a wooer.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who courts or woos
wooerc1000
company-keeper1554
suitor?1555
love-maker1581
squire1590
courter1611
chevalier1630
Protestant1648
suitorer1688
cavalier1752
courtier1766
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage > one who
wooerc1000
pursuivant1523
suitor?1555
requirant1567
soliciterc1592
courter1611
pretendera1625
pretendant1625
addressor1669
addresser1683
courtier1766
pursuer1823
the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > to obtain or attain
student1545
suitor1548
studier1566
courtiera1616
speller1796
courter1830
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Muguet, a fond woer, or courter of wenches.
1688–9 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 294 Lovers and courters of the fair sex.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xii. 261 A great courter of popularity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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