| NOUN | person | courtier | an attendant at the court of a sovereign |
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| Sounds | kao'rtiyer | |
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| Rhymes | anterior ... worrier: 48 rhymes with iyer... | |
| Meaning | An attendant at the court of a sovereign. | |
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| Instances | Damocles | The Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) |
| Du Barry, Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu | courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) | |
| Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Ralegh | English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia | |
| Suckling, Sir John Suckling | English poet and courtier (1609-1642) | |
| Broader | attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| Spanish | áulico, cortesano, palaciego | |
| Catalan | àulic, cortesà | |
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