Courtier

//ˈkɔɹtiɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person in attendance at a royal court.

    "By the Lord, Horatio, this three years I have taken note of it, the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe."

  2. 2
    an attendant at the court of a sovereign wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who flatters in order to seek favour.

    "People shouted cheerfully and flinched, but the Prime Minister didn't flinch, she fortified her voice with a firm diapason as if rising to the challenge of a rowdy Chamber. Around her her courtiers started like pheasants."

  4. 4
    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.

Etymology

From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”).

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