"Here while the courtier glitters in brocade,"
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Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village (1770)
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Courtiers
Courtiers are people often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together.
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