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courtier
English
Etymology
From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??ti?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?ko(?)?ti?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?ko?t??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ti?(?)
Noun
courtier (plural courtiers)
- A person in attendance at a royal court.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- 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.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- A person who flatters in order to seek favour.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 12,
- 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.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 12,
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.
Related terms
- court
- courtesan
Translations
Anagrams
- outcrier
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?.tje/
Noun
courtier m (plural courtiers, feminine courtière)
- broker; stockbroker
Further reading
- “courtier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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courtling
English
Etymology
court +? -ling
Noun
courtling (plural courtlings)
- (obsolete) A sycophantic courtier.
- 1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
- I grieve not, Courtling, thou art started up
A chamber-critic, and doth dine, and sup
- I grieve not, Courtling, thou art started up
- 1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
Anagrams
- cloturing
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