Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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courtier | Yes | No | No | No |
Damocles | Yes | No | No | No |
courtier (noun) | Damocles (noun) |
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an attendant at the court of a sovereign | the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) |