courtling

From court +‎ -ling.

courtling (plural courtlings)

1. (obsolete) A sycophantic or lesser courtier.
   • 1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams:

     I grieve not, Courtling, thou art started up
     A chamber-critic, and doth dine, and sup

• “courtling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• cloturing