Noun Definition

suit

1.Definition: (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

"All the suits care about is the bottom line"

Category: People

2.Definition: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

"The family brought suit against the landlord"

Related Noun(s):case, causa, cause, lawsuit

Category: General

3.Definition: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Related Noun(s):courtship

Category: General

4.Definition: a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

Category: General

5.Definition: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

"They buried him in his best suit"

Category: Objects

6.Definition: playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

"A flush is five cards in the same suit", "In bridge you must follow suit", "What suit is trumps?"

Category: Objects