名詞 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.
   法老的臣子看見她，就把她舉薦給法老，于是她就被帶去收進(jìn)法老的內(nèi)宮中。
2. The courtiers cringed before the Queen.
   朝臣們在女王面前卑躬屈膝。

court.i.er

n.（名詞）
An attendant at a sovereign`s court.
侍臣；廷臣：國王宮廷的侍從
One who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior.
奉承者，諂媚者：尋求好感的人，尤指通過不真誠的奉承和殷勤的舉止

來源：
Middle English courteour
中古英語 courteour
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from Old French cortoier [to be at a royal court]
源自 古法語 cortoier [在皇家宮廷]
from cort [court] * see court
源自 cort [宮廷，王室] *參見 court