n.

1. An attendant at a sovereign's court.
2. One who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.

[Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French cortoier, to be at a royal court, from cort, court. See court.]

noun

One who flatters another excessively: adulator, flatterer, sycophant, toady. Informal apple-polisher. See over/under, praise/blame.

[koor-TYAY] In the wine world, this French term means "wine broker." Such a person is the middleman between a small producer and a négociant, who bottles and ships the wines. The courtier helps establish the price that a small producer will get from the negociant for the wine.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hofmand, hofdame

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoveling

Français (French)
n. - courtisan, dame de la cour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Höfling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλικός

Italiano (Italian)
cortigiano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bajulador (m)

Русский (Russian)
придворный

Español (Spanish)
n. - cortesano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hovman

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
朝臣, 奉承者

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 朝臣, 奉承者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 궁정의 신하, 구애자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宮廷に仕える人, 廷臣, ご機嫌取りをする人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحد حاشيه الملك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איש חצר, חצרן‬

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