courtier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹtiɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtɪə/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈko(ː)ɹtiɚ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈkoətɪə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tiə(ɹ)
Noun
courtier (plural courtiers)
- A person in attendance at a royal court.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 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,
- 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,
Translations
attendant at a royal court
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuʁ.tje/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “courtier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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