Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI;
his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781);
[syn: Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
n 1: French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances
by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved
abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the
aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781) [syn:
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot]