anticourtier

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ courtier.

Adjective

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anticourtier (comparative more anticourtier, superlative most anticourtier)

  1. Opposing courtiers.
    • 2014, Annette H. Tomarken, The Smile of Truth, page 123:
      The grammatical structure of the poem expresses the idea already found in a more fully developed form in the Philosophe de Court, namely, that much anticourtier literature of this period was based on the notion of a complete system, an ars, which could be learned at will by those ready to abandon traditional standards and values.