suitress
English
Etymology
suitor + -ess
Noun
suitress (plural suitresses)
- A female supplicant or suitor.
- 1714, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore, Act III
- Beshrew me, but 'twere pity of his heart,
That could refuse a boon to such a suitress.
- Beshrew me, but 'twere pity of his heart,
- 1714, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore, Act III