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.
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