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Court-man, n. Also: cowrt- [ME. (Chaucer): f. Court n. 2.] An attendant at court; a courtier. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xviii. 21.
Be I ane courtman or ane knycht, … Ane prydfull man than call thay me Ib. lxiii. 3.
Schir ȝe haue mony servitouris, … Kirkmen, courtmen, and craftismen fyne 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 136.
Sum wald be cowrt man, sum clerk, and sum a cachkow a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlviii. 33.
Off all thir thre hewis I haif left clewis, To be oure court-men wintter weid a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxvi. 1.
God, as thow weill can, Help the selie court man Ib. 46. a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. cxii. 44.
Gif ȝe will mak All courte men ȝouris as ȝe wald, Gude gold and syluer with ȝow tak