courtlingn.
/ˈkɔːtlɪŋ/ A frequenter of the Court, a courtier (obsolete); a creature of the Court; a young or petty courtier.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier
hired-gomec1275
courtierc1290
court-manc1386
gentlemanc1400
curial1447
courtnoll1568
gentleman-at-large1583
courty1606
courtling1616
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 250 I must declare my selfe to you no profest courtling.
1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 77 God by reproof sends..Proud Courtlings to th' Riches of the fields.
1808 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 295 Showered down upon this happy courtling..two pensions, two Irish titles, and a British peerage.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 205 The courtiers about his person, and all their dependent courtlings in the country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.1616- to fake up
- to falderal it
- to fall a lip of contempt
- to fall a person's way
- to fall a prey to
- to fall a sacrifice to
- to fall a victim to
- to fall aboard
- to fall about
- to fall about a person's ears
- to fall about laughing
- to fall about with laughter
- to fall across
- to fall adown
- to fall afoul of
- to fall aheap
- to fall among thieves
- to fall apart
- to fall as a fother
- to fall as a fother of lead
- to fall astern
- to fall aswoon
- to fall at hand
- to fall at jar
- to fall at or on the crest