'Courtier' definitions:
Definition of 'courtier'
(from WordNet)
noun
An attendant at the court of a sovereign
Definition of 'Courtier'
From: GCIDE
- Courtier \Court"ier\ (k[=o]rt"y[~e]r), n. [From Court.]
- 1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court. [1913 Webster]
- You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters. [1913 Webster]
- There was not among all our princes a greater courtier of the people than Richard III. --Suckling. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'courtier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- adulator,
- appendage,
- apple-polisher,
- ass-licker,
- attendant,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- blarneyer,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- buff,
- cajoler,
- cavaliere servente,
- clawback,
- creature,
- cringer,
- dangler,
- dependent,
- disciple,
- dupe,
- fan,
- fawner,
- flatterer,
- flunky,
- follower,
- following,
- footlicker,
- groveler,
- handshaker,
- hanger-on,
- helot,
- henchman,
- homme de cour,
- instrument,
- jackal,
- kowtower,
- lackey,
- led captain,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- mealymouth,
- minion,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- peon,
- public,
- puppet,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- satellite,
- sectary,
- serf,
- shadow,
- slave,
- spaniel,
- stooge,
- successor,
- suck,
- supporter,
- sycophant,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- timeserver,
- toad,
- toady,
- tool,
- trainbearer,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- votary,
- ward heeler,
- wheedler,
- yes-man