courtier
noun/ˈkɔrtiər/
Frequency rank: #18,000 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who attends or serves at the court of a monarch.
Example sentence
The courtier bowed deeply before presenting the letter to the queen.
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