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Definition of Court favor
1. Verb. Seek favor by fawning or flattery. "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates"
Generic synonyms: Bootlick, Fawn, Kotow, Kowtow, Suck Up, Toady, Truckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Court Favor
Literary usage of Court favor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"and that those using them want to know whether they are violating the law or not,
some of the members of the court favor expressing our opinion upon It; ..."
2. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"... Duchess de Guise—Letter of Madame de Sevigne—Mademoiselle and the Duke de
Lauzun; his Portrait by St. Simon; his Court-Favor; his Advancement; ..."
3. Internal Relations of the Cities, Towns, Villages, Counties, and States of by Maurice A. Richter (1859)
"Parties kept together by monied interest. — Majority in Elections. — Right to
the Spoils. — Opposition to the Party in Power. — court favor in Monarchies. ..."
4. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloane (1896)
"... EARLY EDUCATION—INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONS CONCERNING PAOLI—CHARLES DE BUONAPARTE
AS A SUITOR FOR court favor—NAPOLEON APPOINTED TO BRIENNE—His EFFORTS TO ..."
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