Necker
Jacques [zhahk], /ʒɑk/, 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
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The Princess and her mom, Fergie, have been guests on Branson's private Necker island in the Caribbean.
Princess Beatrice Gives Up Her Virgin Galactic Dream | Tom Sykes | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe U.K. papers tried to whip something up about her being racy for wearing a pink wig on Necker Island, but no one bit.
Cressida Bonas vs. Cara Delevingne: A Differentiation Guide to Two Celebrity English Roses | Tom Sykes | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPublicatuon came as further pics of Harry passed out in the sand on Necker Island, before he got to Vegas, emerged.
The Sun is First British Paper to Publish Nude Harry Pics | Tom Sykes | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJames Necker, the prime minister and great financier, ordered to leave France.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellUnfortunately she had applied to Mr. Necker for some favour, and had not been received in a manner suitable to her importance.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
Calonne and Necker pursued each a different policy, and with the same results.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume IX | John LordNecker, the prime minister, was for compromise; he would accept reforms, but only in a constitutional way.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume IX | John LordManheim lies between the Rhine and the Necker, in a marshy Country, which has always been reckon'd very unwholesome.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
British Dictionary definitions for Necker
/ (ˈnɛkə, French nɛkɛr) /
Jacques (ʒak). 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, born in Switzerland; finance minister of France (1777–81; 1788–90). He attempted to reform the fiscal system and in 1789 he recommended summoning the States General. His subsequent dismissal was one of the causes of the storming of the Bastille (1789)
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