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courtier

noun
/ˈkɔɹtiɚ/US/ˈkɔːtɪə/UK/ˈko(ː)ɹtiɚ/

Etymology

From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -ier.

  1. derived from cortoiier
  2. derived from corteour
  3. inherited from courteour

Definitions

  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. 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.
    • The world’s richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cutthroat courtier politics of Donald Trump’s inner circle — and his ultimate influence remains an open question.

  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.

The neighborhood

Derived

anticourtier, courtierdom, courtieress, courtierism, courtierlike, courtierly, courtiership

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA