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Definition of Courtship
Courtship

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

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

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

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

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Courtship Quotations

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope

There is too little courtship in the world.
Vernon Lee

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
Joseph Addison

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
Laurence Sterne

Courtship Translations

courtship in German is Werbung
courtship in Spanish is cortejo


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