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Webster 1913 Edition

(kōrt′yẽr)

Noun.

[From

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.

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.

Noun.

[from court.]

A man who attends or frequents the courts of princes.

One who courts or solicits the favor of another; one who flatters to please; one who possesses the art of gaining favor by address and complaisance.

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