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Definition of Colbert
1. Noun. Butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract.
Definition of Colbert
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colbert
Literary usage of Colbert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"The deeply religious, but his religion was tinctured witli the evils of the day,
Gallicanism and Jansenism. It was Colbert who suggested to Louis XIV the ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"He urged Louis to spend money on Versailles, while Colbert wanted to make Paris
the royal residence ; he wanted to spend the revenues of France on military ..."
3. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1914)
"Colbert bore on his coat of arms a snake (Latin, Coluber ; French, ... For further
information as to pedigree of the Colbert family sec Lettres, ..."
4. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"And Colbert heard with impotent jealousy that during this period the corresponding
Dutch Company had paid a dividend of 40 per cent. ..."
5. The Growth of the French Nation by George Burton Adams (1896)
"But he certainly did recommend Louis to employ Colbert in his service, ...
When Colbert had once obtained control, he employed all his great talents in ..."
6. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Colbert built on a foundation already ruined, on that of the misery which grew
in that century without anything being able to stop it — political and moral ..."
7. History of Political Economy in Europe by Blanqui (Adolphe-Jérôme), Emily Josephine Leonard (1880)
"The ministry of Colbert and its economic consequences. ... The real doctrines of
Colbert.—He is erroneously considered the founder of the prohibitory system ..."
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