Fouquet

or Fouc·quet

[ French foo-ke ]

/ French fuˈkɛ /

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noun

Jean or Je·han

[both French zhahn], /both French ʒɑ̃/, c1420–c80, French painter.

Ni·co·las

[nee-kaw-lah], /ni kɔˈlɑ/, Marquis de Belle-Isle, 1615–80, French statesman.

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fountain pen, fountain plant, Fountains Abbey, Fountain Valley, Fouqué, Fouquet, Fouquier-Tinville, four, four-a-cat, fourbagger, fourball

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How to use Fouquet in a sentence

The boys in the atelier over her window hated this old Madame Fouquet, I remember.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Fouquet was no less quickly informed of the designs of the reverend fathers.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
As in the miniature painted by Jean Fouquet, more than ten years later.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
Fouquet let me stand there half a day, before he would pick me out again.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

And Fouquet does indeed depict this scene in a glow of colour which affords a vivid idea of triumphant festivity.
Chantilly in History and Art|Louise M. Richter

British Dictionary definitions for Fouquet

Fouquet

/ (French fukɛ) /

noun

Jean (ʒɑ̃). ?1420–?80, French painter and miniaturist

Also: Foucquet Nicolas (nikɔlɑ), Marquis de Belle-Isle . 1615–80, French statesman; superintendent of finance (1653–61) under Louis XIV. He was imprisoned for embezzlement, having been denounced by Colbert

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