[f. COURT v. + -ER1.] One who courts; a wooer.

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1611.  Cotgr., Muguet, a fond woer, or courter of wenches.

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1688–9.  Evelyn, Mem. (1857), III. 294. Lovers and courters of the fair sex.

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1830.  D’Israeli, Chas. I., III. xii. 261. A great courter of popularity.

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