courtiers
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It was the stick he waved around the world to achieve his foreign policy aims, to show favor and disfavor, to offer or withhold exemptions to courtiers.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
Stoppard announced himself with “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” an absurdist lark that views “Hamlet” from the keyhole perspective of two courtiers jockeying for position in the new regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
So in the end, courtiers used an obscure workaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The faux meat impresses the courtiers, who note the effort required for the dish.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
Educated Englishmen could read it; by using it, Bruno signalled that he was addressing himself to poets and courtiers, not to professors of mathematics or philosophy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
