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Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: var
"उसकी शादी के लिए कई वर आए थे।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman with a view to marriage.
"She had several wealthy suitors vying for her attention." - 2
A person or company that makes an offer or bid for something, such as a business takeover.
"The struggling company attracted a surprise suitor from the tech sector."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French 'suteur' and Anglo-Norman 'suitor', ultimately stemming from the Late Latin 'sequitor' (a follower), from the root 'sequi' meaning 'to follow'. Historically, the term originally referred to one who attended a court to seek justice or follow legal proceedings, before evolving in the 16th century to denote a man who courts a woman for marriage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Suitor" is said worldwide
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prétendant
Transliteration: pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃
"Elle a refusé les avances de son dernier prétendant."
Verehrer
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈeːʁɐ
"Er war nur einer von vielen Verehrern."
corteggiatore
Transliteration: korteddatore
"Il corteggiatore le mandava rose ogni giorno."
pretendiente
Transliteration: pɾetendiente
"La princesa rechazó a todos sus pretendientes."
pretendente
Transliteration: pɾetẽˈdẽtʃi
"Ele era um pretendiente persistente."
वर
Transliteration: var
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसकी शादी के लिए कई वर आए थे।"
追求者
Transliteration: zhuī qiú zhě
Script: 中文汉字
"她有很多追求者。"
구애자
Transliteration: guaeja
Script: 한국어 한글
"그녀는 많은 구애자들의 선물을 받았다."
求婚者
Transliteration: kyūkonsha
Script: 日本語
"彼女には多くの求婚者がいました。"
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