Necker

[ nek-er; French ne-ker ]
/ ˈnɛk ər; French nɛˈkɛr /

noun

Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/,1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.

British Dictionary definitions for jacques necker

Necker
/ (ˈnɛkə, French nɛkɛr) /

noun

Jacques (ʒak). 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, born in Switzerland; finance minister of France (1777–81; 1788–90). He attempted to reform the fiscal system and in 1789 he recommended summoning the States General. His subsequent dismissal was one of the causes of the storming of the Bastille (1789)