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cour⋅ti⋅er

  [kawr-tee-er, kohr-]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME courteour < AF courte(i)our, equiv. to OF cortoy(er) to attend at court (deriv. of court court ) + AF -our < L -ōr- -or 2 ; suffix later conformed to -ier 1
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court·i·er   (kôr'tē-ər, -tyər, kōr'-)   
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.]
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