† courtnolln.
Obsolete.
A contemptuous or familiar name for a 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
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 36 Though icham not, zo zeemlie chwot, as bene the Courtnoles gay.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D Now euery lowt must haue his sonne a Courtnoll.
1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. F What you wil not flout an old man you courtnold Iacke?
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. ciii. 405 Such bastard Courtnals serue but Turns, besibbing Coyns of brasse.
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. I2v I am to go amongst the Court-nowles, you must needs let me have good store of mony with me.
1658 W. Chamberlayne Loves Victory 56 Ich cant abide these Courtnowles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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