as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
of all her wooers, he was the only one who met with her father's approval
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The same can be said about having a beer while watching your favorite movie, or watching your boyfriend look foolish while playing a video game, or dancing in your car in the middle of the day.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025 -
Her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, had four catches for 39 yards.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
10 Feb. 2025
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The film has become an event, a must-see for movie lovers.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni specifically alleged that Lively used her friendship with Swift to put pressure on him to comply with Lively’s re-write of a crucial scene in the domestic violence drama in which Lively and Baldoni play lovers.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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One legend tells of men drawing names at a Roman festival to determine their suitor for the year, wearing her name on their sleeve throughout the event.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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That October performance only attracted more suitors in free agency.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Broward Sheriff’s Officer homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Pompano Beach early Sunday morning.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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Kaling’s fellow Running Point creators include Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen.—
Justine Fisher,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The sell-off pressured fellow cybersecurity solutions provider CrowdStrike , which slipped 0.8%.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Science emerges as a version of the pastoral, with the physicist as swain.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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The British actor finds the humor and sensitivity in his lustful swain, and his mellifluous voice is perfectly matched to Shakespeare’s prose.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Wooer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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