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courtier

[kawr-tee-er, kohr-] / ˈkɔr ti ər, ˈkoʊr- /
NOUN
lover
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A beneficiary might have to bow and scrape like a courtier, or accept treatment as a glorified servant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He has survived multiple damaging scandals and found his way back to power every time, like a wily Renaissance courtier or an unkillable horror-movie villain, and may well survive this one.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

"There has been a large amount of government pressure to make this massive and that's been the challenge," one courtier told me.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Unlike the conniving courtier Stone played in “The Favourite,” Bella doesn’t have a calculating bone in her body; she’s all reckless id, a purely instinctual creature.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

My makeup is done up like a courtier in a beauty-scope—thickly lined eyes with gold accents, red jewels dotted along my eyebrows, a powdered face, bright lips.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton



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