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WOOER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wooer mean?
• WOOER (noun)
The noun WOOER has 1 sense:
1. a man who courts a woman
Familiarity information: WOOER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who courts a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
a suer for the hand of the princess
Hypernyms ("wooer" is a kind of...):
admirer; adorer (someone who admires a young woman)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wooer"):
prince charming (a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved)
Derivation:
woo (make amorous advances towards)
woo (seek someone's favor)
Context examples
Miss Cat went downstairs and sent the wooer away.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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