courtier

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court +‎ -ier. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹtiɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtɪə/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈko(ː)ɹtiɚ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈkoətɪə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tiə(ɹ) === Noun === courtier (plural courtiers) A person in attendance at a royal court. A person who flatters in order to seek favour. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== court courtesan ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === outcrier == French == === Etymology === From Old French courre (“to run”) (compare Modern French courir) + -etier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuʁ.tje/ === Noun === courtier m (plural courtiers, feminine courtière) broker; stockbroker === Further reading === “courtier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012