Definition of Courtiers. Meaning of Courtiers. Synonyms of Courtiers

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Definition of Courtiers

Courtier
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.

Meaning of Courtiers from wikipedia

- court. All those who held a court appointment could be called courtiers but not all courtiers held positions at court. Those personal favourites without...
- in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC. Bagoas was a courtier of Darius III and later of Alexander the Great. According to Plutarch,...
- conversations supposed to have taken place over four nights in 1507 between the courtiers of the Duchy of Urbino, at a time when Castiglione was himself a member...
- Tarkapanchanan and Hariram Tarkasiddhanta. Many famous emperors in India had courtiers labeled in similar ways. For example, the valuable members of the court...
- The courtier's reply is an alleged type of informal fallacy, coined by American biologist PZ Myers, in which a respondent to criticism claims that the...
- The Humorous Lieutenant (c. 1619). As the Duchess of Mantua says of her courtiers, "They are mad humours, and I must physic them." The Duke of Parma, Foscari...
- diplomat Robert Bowes called this group the "four young and counselling courtiers." This faction was aligned with Anna of Denmark. As tutor or administrator...
- British colonial police officer and courtier (1917–2008)...
- Brunswick-Lüneburg in February 1556. In contrast to the majority of the Polish courtiers, Agnieszka remained with Sophia in her new court in Germany in Wolfenbüttel...
- (c. 1482 – 30 June 1528) was a soldier and one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Compton was born around 1482...