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Jacques

[ zhahk ]

noun

  1. a male given name, French form of Jacob or James.


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Gabriella Therese Marie and Jacques Honore Rainier were born just after 5pm local time, the statement said.

She reportedly studied French and Italian at Oxford before attending the prestigious Jacques Lecoq school of theatre in Paris.

Film fans also know the band for its soundtrack to the Jacques Demy film Model Shop.

The modern history of the flight, however, gets its start with Jacques-Sébastien Lenormand and his parachute in 1783.

“The Nationals are showing the world that we are on the map,” stickmaker Alf Jacques told Sports Illustrated in 2010.

Jacques Pradier died near Paris, aged 54; the most distinguished sculptor of his day in France.

This woman was married in 1821, by Jacques Collin's sister, to the head clerk of a rich, wholesale hardware merchant.

This woman, who was a sort of Jacques Collin in petticoats, evaded the police, thanks to her disguises.

Jean-Jacques Rouget, the doctor's son become much enamored of her, but obtained favor only through his money.

Jacques Cambremer evaded justice only by reason of the fact that his father gagged him and cast him into the sea.

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