courtier

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A person in attendance at a royal court.

   “By the Lord, Horatio, this three years I have taken note of it, the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe.”

2. isim A person who flatters in order to seek favour.

   “People shouted cheerfully and flinched, but the Prime Minister didn't flinch, she fortified her voice with a firm diapason as if rising to the challenge of a rowdy Chamber. Around her her courtiers started like pheasants.”

3. isim Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.