Definitions for courtship

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courtship court·ship

Spelling: [kawrt-ship, kohrt-]

IPA: /ˈkɔrt ʃɪp, ˈkoʊrt-/

Courtship is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 584 anagrams from letters in courtship (chioprstu).

Definitions for courtship

noun

1. the wooing of one person by another.
2. the period during which such wooing takes place.
3. solicitation of favors, applause, etc.
4. Ethology. behavior in animals that occurs before and during mating, often including elaborate displays.
5. Obsolete. courtly behavior; courtesy; gallantry.

Origin of courtship

First recorded in 1580-90; court + -ship

Examples for courtship

However, the Republican base will be far less forgiving of Paul for his criticism of police policy and his courtship of Sharpton.

There is no need for me to dwell upon the history of this courtship.

Let us take one example—the courtship of the Argus pheasant.

They married on December 19, 2013 after a romantic “Walt Disney” kind of courtship, they both said.

Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.

In the third act the courtship of Ferdinand and Miranda is pretty, but hardly more.

I should have a third, but she is surrounded by the blandishments of flattery and courtship.

Refining the courtship, raillery, and conversation of plays!

One of the lefties she met was a sociology instructor named Philip Rieff, whom she married after a 10-day courtship.

She met Saad a few years later and the two were married in 2003 after a three-month courtship.