Courtier Definition

kôrtē-ər, -tyər
courtiers
noun
An attendant at a royal court.
Webster's New World
A person who uses flattery to get something or to win favor.
Webster's New World

A person who flatters in order to seek favour.

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Noun

Singular:
courtier
Plural:
courtiers

Origin of Courtier

  • Middle English courteour from Anglo-Norman from Old French cortoier to be at a royal court from cort court court

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Courtier Sentence Examples

  • Hooper speaks of himself at this period as being "a courtier and living too much of a court life in the palace of our king."

  • At the inquiry he bought his acquittal from a courtier and his accusers were executed.

  • But he was more useful to the courtier in his legal capacity, and Rochester dissuaded him from the ministry.

  • The type is set before us by Castiglione in that book upon the courtier which went the round of Europe in the 16th century.

  • No courtier was ever more assertive of his prerogatives.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOU

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RERIER

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