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Noun: courtship  'kort,ship
  1. A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
    "it was a brief and intense courtship";
    - wooing, courting, suit

Derived forms: courtships

Type of: appeal, entreaty, prayer, suppliance

Encyclopedia: Courtship Courtship, marriage, and divorce in Cambodia

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