Usually means: Pursuit of romantic relationship together.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. courtship: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. courtship: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. courtship: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. courtship: Collins English Dictionary
  5. courtship: Vocabulary.com
  6. Courtship, courtship: Wordnik
  7. courtship: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. courtship: Wiktionary
  9. courtship: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. courtship: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. courtship: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Courtship, courtship: Dictionary.com
  13. courtship: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Courtship (disambiguation), Courtship (film), Courtship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Courtship: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. courtship: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. courtship: Rhymezone
  18. Courtship: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. courtship: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. courtship: Free Dictionary
  21. courtship: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. courtship: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. courtship: Legal dictionary
  2. courtship: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. courtship: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. courtship: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. courtship: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable, uncountable) The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
noun:  (obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.
noun:  The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
noun:  (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
noun:  (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
noun:  (countable, uncountable, obsolete) Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft.

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