Foucquet

Foucquet [French foo-ke] Examples noun

1. Fouquet.

Fouquet or Fouc·quet [French foo-ke] noun

1. Jean or Je·han [both French zhahn] /both French ʒɑ̃/, c1420–c80, French painter.
2. Ni·co·las [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/, Marquis de Belle-Isle, 1615–80, French statesman.

Examples from the Web for foucquet Historical Examples of foucquet

Foucquet thought to have gained the confidence and admiration of the king.

The Tapestry Book

Helen Churchill Candee

Foucquet had believed in listening to Lauzun that he was mentally deranged.

Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle

Arvede Barine

The Abbe Foucquet did not quite understand all this, which was very rapidly and roughly explained to him.

The Elusive Pimpernel

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Foucquet depicts a debauched priest who has a bad cold and has been drinking sour wine.

L-bas

J. K. Huysmans

A fearful cut, but only a straw to the fate which followed, the investigations into the affairs of Superintendent Foucquet.

The Tapestry Book

Helen Churchill Candee

British Dictionary definitions for foucquet Foucquet noun

1. a variant spelling of (Nicolas) Fouquet

Fouquet noun

1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). ?1420–?80, French painter and miniaturist
2. 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