Quesnay

[ ke-ne ]

/ kɛˈnɛ /

noun

Fran·çois

[frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/,1694–1774, French economist and physician.

Example sentences from the Web for quesnay

This is since I spoke to Quesnay, without, however, telling him all.

The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete |Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
He was also a supporter of the principles of the economists, and Quesnay called him his well-beloved disciple.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 |Various
He states himself that the affair of the Forest of Quesnay was "tragic, strange and mysterious!"

The House of the Combrays |G. le Notre
He was no more a disciple of Quesnay than of Adam Smith, simply because he was not an economist but a sociologist.

Thomas Jefferson |Gilbert Chinard

Quesnay, who lodged close by, came immediately, and was much astonished to see the King in that state.

The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete |Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

British Dictionary definitions for quesnay

Quesnay

/ (French kɛnɛ) /

noun

François (frɑ̃swa). 1694–1774, French political economist, encyclopedist, and physician. He propounded the theory championed by the physiocrats in his Tableau économique (1758)

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