courtship

[Court·ship]

A courtship is a period in a romantic couple's relationship when they are dating. Most partners go through a courtship before deciding to get married.

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The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

Noun
a man''s courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"


n.
The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

n.
The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.

n.
Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

n.
Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.


Courtship

Court"ship (k?rt"sh?p), n. 1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. Swift. 2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
This method of courtship, [by which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow.
3. Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. [Obs.]
Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state.
4. Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. [Obs.]
She [the Queen] being composed of courtship and Popery.

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

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Usage Examples

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fiction workshop in Iowa and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyer's office above the coffee shop where we'd been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, 'By the time you get this, Daddy, I'll already be Mrs. Blaise!'

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