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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Courtier \Court"ier\ (k?rt"y?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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: courtier n : an attendant at the court of a sovereign
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