courter

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As a salesman, competitor, courter of politicians and controversy and above all, as a showboating self-promoter, Fred Trump was the Donald Trump of his day.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2016

Roberta Vinci is a clay courter who plays with variety that could slightly disrupt Williams, but it’s going to take a lot more than her arsenal of junkballing to derail the Serena Express.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2013

I would never advocate a return to traditional gender roles, but courtship, actual effort, is refreshing — no matter the sex of the courter.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2012

Billed as the ultimate test for the greatest player ever, attempting to defeat the greatest clay courter ever, the dream tantalized until Robin Soderling’s blistering strokes crushed it like a piñata.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2010

He communicated the little he had done, for he was a courter of opinions, to Dugald Stewart.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert