court-mann.
A man of the Court, a courtier.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier
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c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 248 I haue now been a court man al my lyf.
1483 Cath. Angl. 79 A cowrteman, or a cowrtyoure, curio, aulicus.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 122 Be ane courtman or ane knycht.
1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 325 The Danish king danced with all his court-men.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 36 On every side His courtmen and good bonders sat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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