admirer

One who admires a person or thing. "See Nature gay, as when she first began With smiles alluring her admirer , man." Cowper : Hope . ed-mir'-ing, pr . par . & a. [ADMIRE.] "In vain the nations, that had seen them rise With fierce and envious yet admiring eyes. Cowper : Expostulation. "Now round the lists th' admiring army stand." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. iii. 423. ad-mir-ing-lỹ, adv . [ADMIRING.] In an admiring manner. "Ber. Admiringly, my liege: at first I stuck my choice upon her." Shakesp. All's Well that Ends Well, v. a.