wooer

Etymology

woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”).

noun

1. Someone who woos or courts.
   Sally Leadbitter was vulgar-minded to the last degree; never easy unless her talk was of love and lovers; in her eyes it was an honour to have had a long list of wooers. 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Mary Barton
   Never hold your heart in pain For an evil-doer; Never flip it down the lane To a gifted wooer. 1928, Dorothy Parker, “For a Favorite Granddaughter”, in Sunset Gun, Garden City, NY: Sun Dial, page 62
   She was, I think, the only girl I ever called on. I wasn’t much of a wooer. When I rang at her front door, her mother seemed taken aback. I should have been the dry cleaner’s messenger, picking up the blouses. 1997, Saul Bellow, The Actual, New York: Viking, page 20