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Monnet

American  
[moh-ney, maw-ne] / moʊˈneɪ, mɔˈnɛ /

noun

  1. Jean 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.


Monnet British  
/ mɔnɛ /

noun

  1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1888–1979, French economist and public servant, regarded as founding father of the European Economic Community. He was first president (1952–55) of the European Coal and Steel Community

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"I found only one taxi," said French tourist Frederic Monnet, who cut short a trip to a picturesque valley in western Cuba to head back to Havana.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

This underlines that Ms Kroes was in a "clear breach" of the rules, says Alberto Allemanno, Jean Monnet professor of European Union law at HEC Paris.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2022

The financial historian Éric Monnet of the Paris School of Economics summed up the national bank’s role as “pure extraction.”

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

Macron and Von der Leyen earlier paid tribute to a pair of leading European figures at France’s famed Pantheon, honoring the memories of Simone Veil and Jean Monnet.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

This opinion of M. Monnet, concerning the diminution of water upon the earth, does not follow necessarily from those appearances which he has mentioned.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James

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