Anquetil

[ ankuh-teel ]

/ ɛ̃kəˈtil /

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Jacques

[zhak], /ʒak/, 1934–87, French cyclist with five victories (1957, 1961–64) in the Tour de France.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

The work of Anquetil was in their library; but the series of "do-nothing kings" amused them very little.
Bouvard and Pcuchet|Gustave Flaubert
The historian Anquetil was one of the small number of literary men in France who refused to bow to the Napoleonic yoke.
Character|Samuel Smiles
Twelve officers, amongst whom was Brigadier Anquetil, were killed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
After a passage of six months, Anquetil landed, on the 10th of August 1755, at Pondicherry.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2|Various

Anquetil, La nativité, miracle extrait de la légende dorée, in Mem.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France