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Courtier
//ˈkɔɹtiɚ// noun
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Noun
- 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 an attendant at the court of a sovereign wordnet
- 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 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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