A German private equity firm is understood to be one of the suitors for the company.
»Likely suitors include utilities and independent oil and gas companies.
a potential/possible/rival suitor »Potential suitors for the bank have not yet come up with any firm bids.
• Applicant for the job of husband
• Beau
• Beau-to-be, perhaps
• Bouquet bringer, maybe
• Bouquet bringer, perhaps
• Court figure?
• Courtin' chap
• Gentleman caller
• George Knightley, to Emma Woodhouse
• Groom-to-be, perhaps
• He comes to court
• It's our lover boy
• One bearing gifts, perhaps
• One calling romantically
• One doing some wooing
• One looking for a hand
• One of Penelope's 108 in the Odyssey
• One who goes to court
• Paramour
• Pitcher of woo
• Plaintiff
• Romantic hopeful
• Romeo, to Juliet
• Stereotypical bouquet bringer
• Swain
• Wooer
• Wooing one
• Would-be spouse
• A man who courts a woman
a suitor for smb.'s daughter's hand - человек, просящий руки (чьей-л.) дочери
1. см. suit2 II + -or
2. поклонник
a ~ for smb.'s daughter's hand - человек, просящий руки (чьей-л.) дочери
3. проситель
4. юр. истец
5. юр. сторона в процессе, тяжущаяся сторона
позивач; сторона у справі; прохач
- suitorress