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courtling|ˈkɔətlɪŋ|
[f. court n.1 + -ling.]
A frequenter of the Court, a courtier (obs.); a creature of the Court; a young or petty courtier.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 98/1, I must declare myself unto you no profest courtling. 1648Earl Westmoreland Otia Sacra (1879) 77 God by reproof sends..Proud Courtlings to th' Riches of the fields. 1808Edin. Rev. II. 295 Showered down upon this happy courtling..two pensions, two Irish titles, and a British peerage. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 205 The courtiers about his person, and all their dependent courtlings in the country. |