courtier
noun
cour·tier
| \ ˈkȯr-tē-ər
, ˈkȯrt-yər, ˈkȯr-chər\
, ˈkȯrt-yər, ˈkȯr-chər\
Definition of courtier
1
: one in attendance at a royal court
2
: one who practices flattery
Examples of courtier in a Sentence
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The dress is modern, but in a fanciful way with amusingly gaudy getups for the courtiers and lots of vests and buccaneer boots among Susan Szegda’s costumes. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Charming SF Shakes’ ‘As You Like It’ has a secret musical weapon," 10 July 2019 There is some evidence that these miniatures could be Queen Elizabeth I and her courtier Robert Dudley. — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, "A Rare Tiara Designed for a Romanov Coronation Goes on Display," 8 July 2019 Royal courtiers, medieval Christian merchants, and nineteenth-century British bankers were all guilty of the vices imputed to Jews. — Sara Lipton, The New York Review of Books, "A Terribly Durable Myth," 17 June 2019 Only elite women adopted the unveiled and mixed-gender socializing that the kings, queens, and courtiers were trying to popularize. — Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic, "Driving Toward Change," 23 June 2018 Thailand’s Prime Minister is never far from doting courtiers in Bangkok’s 1920s Government House, a neo-Gothic building stippled with classical nudes and one particularly plump jade Buddha. — Time, "Thailand’s Leader Promised to Restore Democracy. Instead He's Tightening His Grip," 21 June 2018 Accustomed to being coddled by courtiers, Margaret is entranced by the exotic appeal of someone who has no regard or seeming respect for the royal family. — Julie Miller, HWD, "The Crown: Vanessa Kirby Takes Us Inside Princess Margaret’s “Sexual Awakening”," 8 June 2018 At the French court, Anne learned all the skills necessary for being a good courtier — including (allegedly) the art of the blow job which was (again, allegedly) unknown in England at the time. — Anne Thériault, Longreads, "Queens of Infamy: Anne Boleyn," 25 May 2018 The designer who inspired Phantom Thread’s mercurial, omelette-eating courtier is the subject of a new biography. — Morgan Sykes, The Cut, "Revisit the Mercurial Designer Who Inspired Phantom Thread," 29 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'courtier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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courtier
noun
English Language Learners Definition of courtier
: a member of a royal court (sense 3b)
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courtier
noun
court·i·er
| \ ˈkȯr-tē-ər
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Kids Definition of courtier
: a member of a royal court
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