Necker

[ nek-er; French ne-ker ]

noun

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

Necker

/ nɛkɛr; ˈnɛkə /

noun

1. NeckerJacques17321804MFrenchSwissBUSINESS: financierPOLITICS: statesman 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)