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courtier

[ kawr-tee-er, kohr- ]

noun

  1. a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
  2. a person who seeks favor by flattery, charm, etc.


courtier

/ ˈ°ìɔ˳Ùɪə /

noun

  1. an attendant at a court
  2. a person who seeks favour in an ingratiating manner
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·³¦´Ç³Ü°ùt¾±Â·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of courtier1

1250–1300; Middle English courteour < Anglo-French courte ( i ) our, equivalent to Old French cortoy ( er ) to attend at court (derivative of court court ) + Anglo-French -our < Latin -Å°ù- -or 2; suffix later conformed to -ier 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of courtier1

C13: from Anglo-French courteour (unattested), from Old French corteier to attend at court
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But there’s something dingy and gross, like mottled drifts of old snow, about the overweening influence of Trump’s courtiers and their grubbing relationship with a president so obviously enamored of money and flattery.

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The courtiers have their divergent views and disagreements with each other and they have to get as close as possible to the man in the center of it all for their agenda to win out.

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Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files.

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Princes and the high nobility took the opportunity to gorge themselves and their courtiers on heaps of food that often included exotic and rarely consumed delicacies.

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“Observing the courtiers around the king and trying to decipher who wins favor.â€

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