† courtyn.
Given in Nares as a separate word; but in quots. apparently a misprint of courtier n.1
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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
1606 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique (new ed.) v. xxi. 720 It is true that courties, chanons, monks, and schollers of colleges doe keepe and obserue some rule that way.
1654 Revenge for Honour i. i. 9 I shall declare to you..why men are melancholy. First, for your courties.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida ii. v. sig. L7 A subtile way, To the observant courties to betray Their serious folly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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