COLBERT

Meaning of COLBERT in English

Pronunciation: ko ̇ l- ' ber, ' k ō l- ˌ

Function: biographical name

Jean-Baptiste 1619-1683 Fr. statesman & financier

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

COLBERT — biographical name Jean-Baptiste 1619-1683 French statesman & financier
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLBERT — /kawl berdd"/ , n. Jean Baptiste /zhahonn bann teest"/ , 1619-83, French statesman and finance minister under Louis XIV.
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COLBERT — n. family name; Claudette Colbert (1905-1996), French-born American movie actress, winner of the 1934 Academy Award for Best Actress for …
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COLBERT — biographical name Jean-Baptiste 1619-1683 French statesman & financier
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COLBERT — Classification: City Located in: Georgia (GA) Total Population (2000): 488 Total Housing Units (2000): 223 Land Area (square meters): 2250952 …
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COLBERT — Кольбер
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COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE — born Aug. 29, 1619, Reims, France died Sept. 6, 1683, Paris French statesman. He was recommended to Louis XIV by …
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COLBERT, CLAUDETTE — orig. Lily Claudette Chauchoin born Sept. 13, 1903, Paris, France died July 30, 1996, Cobblers Cove, Barb. French-born U.S. actress. …
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POINT COLBERT — (French: Colbert lace), needle-made lace developed at Bayeux in France in 1855, inspired by 17th-century Alenon lace (q.v.) and named …
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TORCY, JEAN-BAPTISTE COLBERT, MARQUIS DE — born Sept. 14, 1665, Paris died Sept. 2, 1746, Paris French diplomat and foreign minister who negotiated some of the …
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CROISSY, CHARLES COLBERT, MARQUIS DE — born 1625, Paris, Fr. died July 28, 1696, Versailles secretary of state for foreign affairs from 1679 to 1696 who …
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COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE, MARQUIS DE SEIGNELAY — born Nov. 1, 1651, Paris died Nov. 3, 1690, Versailles, Fr. French secretary of state under Louis XIV. As the …
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COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE — born Aug. 29, 1619, Reims, Fr. died Sept. 6, 1683, Paris controller general of finance (from 1665) and secretary of …
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COLBERT, CLAUDETTE
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COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE — born Aug. 29, 1619, Reims, France died Sept. 6, 1683, Paris French statesman. He was recommended to Louis XIV by …
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FOUQUET, NICOLAS — born 1615, Paris, France died March 23, 1680, Pignerol French finance minister (1653–61) in the early years of the reign …
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COLBERTISM — ˈkälbə(r)ˌtizəm, ˈkōl-, kōlˈba(a)ˌrizəm noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Jean B. Colbert + English -ism : the mercantilistic …
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DINOSAUR — Dinosaur family tree. the common name given to any of certain extinct reptiles, often very large, that thrived worldwide for …
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ART COLLECTION — an accumulation of works of art by a private individual or a public institution. Art collecting has a long history, …
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SCIENCES, ACADEMY OF — Russian Akademiya Nauk, highest scientific society and principal coordinating body for research in natural and social sciences, technology, and production …
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ROCHEFORT — town and commercial harbour, Charente-Maritime dpartement, Poitou-Charentes region, western France, situated on the right bank of the Charente River, 10 …
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RIQUET DE BONREPOS, PIERRE-PAUL, BARON — born 1604, Bziers, France died Oct. 1, 1680, Toulouse French public official and self-made engineer who constructed the epochal 150-mile …
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MACMURRAY, FRED — born Aug. 30, 1908, Kankakee, Ill., U.S. died Nov. 5, 1991, Santa Monica, Calif. original name Frederick Martin MacMurray American …
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LE BRUN, CHARLES — born Feb. 24, 1619, Paris, France died Feb. 12, 1690, Paris Le Brun also spelled Lebrun painter and designer who …
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FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY — byname of (16641719) Compagnie Franaise des Indes Orientales (French: French Company of the East Indies), or (171920) Compagnie des Indes …
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FRANCE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from the time of ancient Gaul and the period of the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties of …
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FOUQUET, NICOLAS — born 1615, Paris died March 23, 1680, Pignerol, Fr. Fouquet also spelled Foucquet French finance minister in the early years …
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DESMARETS, NICOLAS, MARQUIS DE MAILLEBOIS — born Sept. 10, 1648, Paris, France died May 4, 1721, Paris Desmarets also spelled Des Marets minister of finance during …
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