courtier

A courtier is a person who attends a royal court, often serving as an advisor, companion, or political operator within the monarch’s inner circle.

Instances (13)

• Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
• Madame de Pompadour
• Olympia Mancini
• Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
• Sir William Ashburnham
• Margaret Blagge
• Thomas Mildmay
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Einhard
• Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
• Birbal
• Elnathan of Jerusalem
• Walter Raleigh