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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):

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]