wooer
Syllables: woo·er/ˈwuːə/US/ˈwuəɹ/
wooer noun: someone who woos or courts.
Noun
wooer (plural wooers)
- Someone who woos or courts.
- Penelope for her Vliſſes ſake, / Deuiz'd a VVeb her vvooers to deceaue: / in vvhich the vvorke that ſhe all day did make / the ſame at night ſhe did againe vnreaue, […]1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XXIII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature [B5], recto
- Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
wooer meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
wooer in Tamil
- கெஞ்சிக்கேட்போன், குறைநயக்குனர், குறைநயக்குநர்
wooer in Urdu
- عشق باز
wooer in Tagalog
- someone who woos or courts
- manliligaw
Examples of wooer in a sentence
- She wrote such a widow-like refusal when she went from me, as might not exclude hope in any other wooer; whatever it may do in Mr.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter XXIII, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson...
- Sally Leadbitter was vulgar-minded to the last degree; never easy unless her talk was of love and lovers; in her eyes it was an honour to have had a long list of wooers.1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Mary Barton:
- Never hold your heart in pain / For an evil-doer; / Never flip it down the lane / To a gifted wooer.1928, Dorothy Parker, “For a Favorite Granddaughter”, in Sunset Gun, Garden City, NY: Sun Dial, page 62:
Synonyms of wooer
Forms of wooer
| plural | wooers |
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Origin of wooer
From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).
Words that rhyme with wooer
Questions about wooer
- What does wooer mean?
- Wooer means someone who woos or courts.
- What is wooer in Tamil?
- Wooer in Tamil is கெஞ்சிக்கேட்போன், குறைநயக்குனர், குறைநயக்குநர். See Wooer meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use wooer in a sentence?
- She wrote such a widow-like refusal when she went from me, as might not exclude hope in any other wooer; whatever it may do in Mr.
- What part of speech is wooer?
- Wooer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wooer?
- Wooer is pronounced /ˈwuːə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wooer?
- The plural of wooer is wooers.
Words near wooer in the dictionary
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