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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Noun
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Kinnear will play the religious boyfriend of Pfeiffer’s character.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025 -
Lastly, the boyfriend fit is sleek and fitted, offering a chic, stylish silhouette.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But through it all, he’s also been a lover of golf and has worked with Malbon Golf, Greyson and FootJoy.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Huge news for cottagecore lovers, vintage enthusiasts, and home cooks alike: The beloved Lenox Spice Village is finally back.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025
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Gaga rejects a string of Latin suitors — Alejandro, Fernando, Roberto — via melodies that evoke ABBA and Madonna, over a thumping beat, like Ace of Base gone EDM.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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This, as Sanders understood, was largely why Hufanga picked Denver over a slew of other suitors, the safety signing a three-year deal in a massive offseason upgrade to the Broncos’ secondary.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Nash retired from basketball in 2014 but then served as the general manager for the Canadian men's national team and became the coaching consultant with the Golden State Warriors.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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The woman told police a man arrived at her residence around 5:30 p.m. that day, provided the correct passcode and collected the cash.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged in connection with the 2020 murder of fellow rapper Mo3.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, says that while the motivations may be blurry and diverse – including global ideologies of terrorism – the most numerous risks of violence against the public area are homegrown.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
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But in the new film, the unnamed swain has been replaced by a Robin Hood-style heartthrob named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who leads a defiant group of bandits that steals from the monarchy and gives to the poor.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 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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“Wooer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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