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DictionaryRoot: cortoiier
Old French

cortoiier

to be at court; live at court

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A richly dressed courtier bows beside a seated king, presenting a closed document on a small cushion in a restrained early-sixteenth-century French court scene.
noun

courtier

KOR-tee-er/ˈkɔːrtiər/

A person who attends a royal court or seeks favor there.

Etymology
courtierOld Frenchto be at court; live at court

Cortoiier meant 'to be at court' or 'live at court'; courtier names a person associated with that activity. The court here is the sovereign's residence and surrounding company.

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