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Tocque⋅ville

[tohk-vil, tok-; Fr. tawk-veel]
–noun
A⋅lex⋅is Charles Hen⋅ri Mau⋅rice Clé⋅rel de [a-lek-see sharl ahn-ree maw-rees kley-rel duh] , 1805–59, French statesman and author.
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Tocque·ville   (tōk'vĭl, tŏk'-, tôk-vēl')   
French politician, traveler, and historian. After touring the United States (1831-1832), he wrote Democracy in America (1835), a widely influential study of American institutions.
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