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wooer (iou)



wooer noun. OE.
[from WOO verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who woos another, esp. a man who woos a woman with a view to marriage, a suitor; gen. & fig., a person who seeks to win over or gently persuade another person.
Notes & Queries Another of this difficult lady's unchancy wooers was a Scottish laird. C. Tomalin Virginia was always the wooer, Katherine..unresponsive.