Definition of Courteir
Court"ier (kōrt"y&etilde;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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person in attendance at a royal court
- A peson who flatters in order to seek favour
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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