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Example sentences for: courtier
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Yet some centuries before there was a boy named Anne : the full-bearded face of Anne de Montmorency 1493-1567, soldier, courtier, Constable of France, gazes from his portrait with supreme aristocratic confidence.
He reprises the Renaissance role of artist as courtier, standing like a third senator onstage when President Clinton visits, partying on Paul Allen's yacht with Robin Williams, Candice Bergen and, of course, Bill and Melinda Gates.
Possibly, he's confusing him with that other wily courtier, Rasputin, the man behind the czarist throne, who was poisoned, drowned, etc., but managed to keep coming back.
He cites JFK's secretary Evelyn Lincoln as one of the ancient paragons of loyalty--the "embodiment of the courtier's discretion."
Must you record my every word? he gasped when he spotted a courtier making notes.