suitornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsuː.tər//ˈsjuː.tər/us/ˈsuː.t̬ɚ/literary a man who wants to marry a particular woman:
It's the story of a young woman who can't make up her mind which of her many suitors she should marry.
specialized finance & economics a person or company who wants to take control of another company:
PJH Corporation said it had been approached by two possible suitors who had submitted bids to buy the company.
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Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- laddie
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- sirrah
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
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