courter, v.a., to buy and sell as a broker, to act as a commission agent.
courtier (-tié), n.m., broker; agent. — de change; bill-broker, money-broker. — non breveté, — marron; unlicensed broker. — maritime; ship-broker. — pour les denrées coloniales; colonial broker. — d’assurances, dictions; insurance, share, broker. — pour les sucres; sugar-broker. — de mariage; matrimonial agent. — electoral; electioneering agent; canvasser.
courtière, n.f., matrimonial agent, go-between.
courtil, n.m., croft (small field).
courtilière, n.f., mole-cricket.
*courtille, n.f., tea-gardens.
courtine, n.f., (fort.) curtain.
courtisan, n.m., courtier.
courtisane, n.f., courtesan.
courtisanerie, n.f., court flattery; toadyism.