courtier
[kawr-tee-er, kohr-]
noun
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
a person who seeks favor by flattery, charm, etc.
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Origin of courtier
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Examples from the Web for courtier
Contemporary Examples of courtier
But the essence of Disraeli's genius as a courtier was his ability to make it all about her.
Historical Examples of courtier
But of that absence the courtier's enemies well availed themselves.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
The quick step of Fonseca interrupted the courtier's reverie.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
There is many a courtier will swear to King Henry to bring him in dead or alive.
Maid MarianThomas Love Peacock
But no use moralizing—he was always too much of a courtier for me.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Why that man has conversation for the prince and the peasant—the courtier and the anchorite.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
courtier
noun
Word Origin for courtier
C13: from Anglo-French courteour (unattested), from Old French corteier to attend at court
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