Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Courtier \Court"ier\ (k?rt"y?r), n. [From {Court}.]
   1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who
      has an appointment at court.

            You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state
            affairs.                              --Bacon.

            This courtier got a frigate, and that a company.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   2. One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.

            There was not among all our princes a greater
            courtier of the people than Richard III. --Suckling.

Source : WordNet®

courtier
     n : an attendant at the court of a sovereign