Sūit'or, n.

n. 1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak.

2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
3. (Law.) (a.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, &c. (b.) One who attends a court, whether plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.