courtiers
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It was the stick he waved around the world to achieve his foreign policy aims, to show favor and disfavor, to offer or withhold exemptions to courtiers.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
The dashing former helicopter pilot was widely considered his mother’s favorite son and courtiers said Queen Elizabeth II didn’t want to take steps to fully humiliate him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Set five hundred years ago during Korea’s Joseon era, the hit period k-drama reveals how courtiers back then only deemed men skilled enough to craft meals worthy of royal consumption.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
At least imperial courtiers trust in strict codes about curtsies and proper titles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Behind the musicians walked women bearing Monoma- tapa’s household needs, courtiers who carried his furniture and more soldiers.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
