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Meanings of
courtier
in English
Russian
придворные
Portuguese
cortesão
Spanish
cortesano
Catalan
cortesà
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Person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
Related terms
occupation
Russian
придворные
Usage of
courtier
in English
1
She didn't need a soldier or a
courtier
;
she needed a sorcerer.
2
And again he touched the
courtier
and asked in a low voice:
3
The true
courtier
lived always in the refulgent presence of his sovereign.
4
For once the madcap girl got the better of the practised
courtier
.
5
Things got heated when some
courtier
or other clearly didn't believe Lothar.
6
Tempest was in the tattered and dirty finery of a seventeenth-century
courtier
.
7
Of course; and you will be envied by every young
courtier
there.
8
He possessed all the graces and all the vices of a
courtier
.
9
The
courtier
stared at his king and spoke in short, cold phrases.
10
You have yet the making of a
courtier
in you, master shepherd.
11
Upon reaching the table Merrihew imitated the bow of an old-time
courtier
.
12
Even before the order of 1788, promotion fell to the
courtier
colonels.
13
So he has made himself a
courtier
of the Prince of Wales.
14
He spoke with the deep respect of a
courtier
addressing his queen.
15
There might be steel beneath the velvet glove of this fair
courtier
.
16
There was a distinct sneer in the old
courtier
's
words and manner.
Other examples for "courtier"
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courtier
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old courtier
say the courtier
young courtier
accomplish courtier
french courtier
More collocations
Translations for
courtier
Russian
придворные
придворные чины
придворный
придворный чин
Portuguese
cortesão
Spanish
cortesano
cortesana
Catalan
cortesà
cortesana
Courtier
through the time
Courtier
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common