courtiers
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As prime ministers, courtiers and aristocrats, the Gladstone, Lascelles and Trevelyan families were at the heart of the governing elite down the decades.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
The potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
Whether it is simply fewer courtiers, a bit less ceremony, no more people calling him sir, or bowing.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Argaven was less kingly, less manly, than he looked at a distance among his courtiers.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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