A man of the Court, a courtier.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Merch. T., 248. I haue now been a court man al my lyf.
1483. Cath. Angl., 79. A cowrteman, or a cowrtyoure, curio, aulicus.
1500–20. Dunbar, Deming, 21. Be I ane courtman or ane knycht.
1862. H. Marryat, Year in Sweden, II. 325.
| She sang him five lays, and when she sang ten, | |
| The Danish king danced with all his court-men. |
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., II. III. 36. On every side His courtmen and good bonders sat.
