courtier
Example Sentences
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He has survived multiple damaging scandals and found his way back to power every time, like a wily Renaissance courtier or an unkillable horror-movie villain, and may well survive this one.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
Unlike the conniving courtier Stone played in “The Favourite,” Bella doesn’t have a calculating bone in her body; she’s all reckless id, a purely instinctual creature.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
The grandchildren's father, Prince Joachim, the Queen's youngest son, reportedly only heard the news from a courtier.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023
The first source of Durkee’s infatuation is a portrait miniature of a lovelorn courtier by the Elizabethan painter Nicholas Hilliard.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
With that, she turns her attention to another courtier.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
