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Jaques

[ jey-kweez, -kwiz, jeyks ]

noun

  1. a disillusioned and satirical observer of life, in Shakespeare's As You Like It.


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Other Words From

  • Ja·que·si·an [j, uh, -, kwee, -zee-, uh, n], adjective

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Example Sentences

At 11:48, Jaques Rogge, chairman of the IOC, declared the games closed.

At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.

Orlando says to Jaques: ‘I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.’

Compare the tradition in the family of Jaques, as told by his great-grandson, in Historical Magazine, viii.

Gentle Jaques, You have a merry wit, employ it well About the business you have now in hand.

Eurhythmics, a general term, but usually used to denote a system of education evolved by mile Jaques-Dalcroze of Geneva.

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