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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And, as a mom herself, having married her high school boyfriend Chris Seel, Hailey's feelings are even more complicated.—
Ruth Chenetz,
CBS News,
31 May 2025 -
The Khy founder recently had another style glow up — she's been spotted in several figure-hugging little black dresses on the red carpet lately while joining boyfriend Timothée Chalamet at events in support of his movie, A Complete Unknown.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The online marketplace is full of fellow antique lovers selling finds that date all the way back to the 1940s.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Hard and Semi-Soft Cheeses Good news for cheese lovers everywhere!—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Pippen’s next big headline-making relationship was with another younger suitor, Marcus Jordan.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
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Composure, balance and athleticism were all evident in a performance that emboldened his suitors to arrange pitches in the days that followed.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Kim Ng, who became the first female GM in the history of major North American men’s pro team sports when the Miami Marlins hired her to run the team’s baseball operations in 2020, is taking on a new challenge: building softball’s version of the WNBA.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Aaron Rodgers is the new man in town for the storied franchise and will look to make one more run at a Super Bowl.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Announced back in July 2024, the five-part series stars Russell Tovey (Quantico) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) alongside fellow franchise vets Jemma Redgrave (as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart) and Alexander Devrient (as Colonel Ibrahim).—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
31 May 2025
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Adept anglers can fly-fish for them across the varied terrain of the property’s creeks or patrol the marshy perimeters its six Class A lakes for the coveted catch, as well as fellow trout—namely rainbow, brown, and brook–that often exceed 20 inches.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Robb Report,
29 May 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 10 Jun. 2025.
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