COURTIER Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word courtier. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for COURTIER
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aristocrat | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of the aristocracy | ||||||||
baron | nounn | |||||||
noun • a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank • a British peer of the lowest rank • a very wealthy or powerful businessman | ||||||||
baroness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron | ||||||||
count | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the total number counted • the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order • a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl verb • determine the number or amount of • have weight; have import, carry weight • show consideration for; take into account • name or recite the numbers in ascending order • put into a group • include as if by counting • have a certain value or carry a certain weight • have faith or confidence in • take account of | ||||||||
countess | nounn | |||||||
noun • female equivalent of a count or earl | ||||||||
dame | nounn | |||||||
noun • informal terms for a (young) woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
duchess | nounn | |||||||
noun • the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | ||||||||
duke | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a British peer of the highest rank • a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank | ||||||||
earl | nounn | |||||||
noun • a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | ||||||||
gentleman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a man of refinement • a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | ||||||||
king | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom • United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) • a competitor who holds a preeminent position • United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) • a very wealthy or powerful businessman • United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) • preeminence in a particular category or group or field • a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward • one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king • (chess) the weakest but the most important piece | ||||||||
lady | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman of the peerage in Britain • a polite name for any woman • a woman of refinement | ||||||||
lord | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who has general authority over others • terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God • a titled peer of the realm verb • make a lord of someone | ||||||||
marchioness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the wife or widow of a marquis • a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess | ||||||||
marquis | nounn | |||||||
noun • nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count • humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) | ||||||||
nobleman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a titled peer of the realm | ||||||||
prince | nounn | |||||||
noun • a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) | ||||||||
princess | nounn | |||||||
noun • a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | ||||||||
queen | nounn | |||||||
noun • the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs • a female sovereign ruler • the wife or widow of a king • something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind • a competitor who holds a preeminent position • offensive term for a homosexual man • one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen • (chess) the most powerful piece • an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males • female cat verb • promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess • become a queen | ||||||||
shepherd | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a clergyman who watches over a group of people • a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock verb • watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils • tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | ||||||||