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courtier

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court·i·er  (kôrt-r, -tyr, kr-)
n.
1. An attendant at a sovereign's court.
2. One who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.

[Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French cortoier, to be at a royal court, from cort, court; see court.]

courtier
Noun
an attendant at a royal court
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Noun1.courtiercourtier - an attendant at the court of a sovereign
attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

courtier
noun attendant, follower, squire, train-bearer
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courtier [ˈkɔːtɪəʳ] ncortesano
courtier [ˈkɔːtɪəʳ] ncourtisan m, dame f de cour
courtier [ˈkɔːtɪəʳ] court nHöfling m
courtier [ˈkɔːtɪəʳ] ncortigiano/a

courtier court

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The spectacle was often repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier, bent on mischief, took from his pocket a handful of nuts and threw them upon the stage.
courtier who had long enjoyed the king's favor and was thereby
Then the seamen, attentive courtiers of the weather, think of regulating the conduct of their ships by the mood of the master.
 
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