courtier
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ti 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an attendant at a court |
| 2. | a person who seeks favour in an ingratiating manner |
| [C13: from Anglo-French courteour (unattested), from Old French corteier to attend at court] | |
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Word Origin & History
courtier
early 13c., from Anglo-Fr. *corteour, O.Fr. *cortoyeur, from cortoyer "to be at court" (see court).
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Example sentences
By itself the incident might suggest a consummate courtier.
Being a fawning courtier to the king, he naturally took a tone of insolent command in dealing with the colony.
Who looks for a courtier's tongue between the teeth of a clown.
He is not allowed to form his own courtier and cronies.
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