courtier

名词 courtier:

1. an attendant at the court of a sovereign

1. Pharaoh's courtiers saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's household.
   法老的臣子看见她，就把她举荐给法老，于是她就被带去收进法老的内宫中。
2. The courtiers cringed before the Queen.
   朝臣们在女王面前卑躬屈膝。

court.i.er

n.（名词）
An attendant at a sovereign`s court.
侍臣；廷臣：国王宫廷的侍从
One who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.
奉承者，谄媚者：寻求好感的人，尤指通过不真诚的奉承和殷勤的举止

来源：
Middle English courteour
中古英语 courteour
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from Old French cortoier [to be at a royal court]
源自 古法语 cortoier [在皇家宫廷]
from cort [court] * see court
源自 cort [宫廷，王室] *参见 court