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a man who wants to marry a particular woman 求婚者 He was an ardent suitor. 他是一个热情的追求者。 In the play, the heroine has to choose between three suitors. 剧中，女主角要在三个求婚者中作出选择。
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business 商业 a company that wants to buy another company 有意收购另一公司的公司 a merger proposal from an unwanted suitor 不受欢迎的追求者提出的合并建议
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘member of a retinue’): from Anglo-Norman French seutor, from Latin secutor, from sequi ‘follow’.