Definition of Courtships

1. Noun. (plural of courtship) ¹

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Definition of Courtships

1. courtship [n] - See also: courtship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtships

courtling
courtlings
courtly
courtly love
courtroom
courtrooms
courts
courts-baron
courts-leet
courts-martial
courts martial
courts of equity
courts of law
courtsey
courtships (current term)
courtside
courtsides
courtyard
courtyardlike
courtyards
courvoisier phenomenon
couscous
couscouses
couscousou
cousin
cousin-aunt
cousin-aunts
cousin-brother

Literary usage of Courtships

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Puritan Republic of the Massachusetts Bay in New England by Daniel Wait Howe (1899)
"1 The narrative which Judge Sewall has given us of his own courtships should not be overlooked. The period covered by them was not so long after the ..."

2. "Tell it All": the Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism: An Autobiography by T. B. H. Stenhouse (1878)
"Some Curious courtships—" The Nicest ole 'oman in the Country! ... But all courtships in Utah are not carried on in this fashion. ..."

3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"An Old Maid's Views of Polish courtships. AJ, Jan. 30.—Mr. Applebee, I have several Times troubled you in behalf of those most deplorable Circumstances ..."

4. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... courtships You may easily guess that I have not lived so long in the world without having had some thoughts of settling in it, as the phrase is. ..."

5. Womans̓ Life in Colonial Days by Carl Holliday (1922)
"Judge Sewall's courtships The Judge's own accounts of his many courtships and three marriages give us rather surprising glimpses of the spirit and ..."

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