courtier

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːtɪə/    美 /ˈkɔɹtiɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. 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. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.

词形变化

courtiers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
anticourtier courtierdom courtieress courtierism courtierlike courtierly courtiership
相关词
court courtesan

词源

From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -ier.
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