Hypertext Webster Gateway: "courtier"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Courtier \Court"ier\ (k?rt"y?r), n. [From {Court}.]
1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who
has an appointment at court.

You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state
affairs. --Bacon.

This courtier got a frigate, and that a company.
--Macaulay.

2. One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.

There was not among all our princes a greater
courtier of the people than Richard III. --Suckling.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

courtier
n : an attendant at the court of a sovereign

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