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[cortier] (1190-93)

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[cortier] (1190-93)

courtur,  curter;  curteour  
  FEW:  cohors 2/i,851b Gdf:  courtier 2,338b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  cort 1 (corteor)  DMF:  courtier 2  TLF: OED:  courtier n.1  MED:  courteour n.  DMLBS:

s.

1occupationcourtier
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Li rey, li prince e li courtur […] Ayment cuntes, chanceuns e fables  S Edm Life ANTS 49
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Lé curteours […] pristrent a force les bens des vileins  Reis Engl1 168
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1279 )  Nicholas le Curter  Family Names Courtier

See also:

cort1  corteier  corteis  corteisement  corteisie 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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