Turgot

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Turgot
       n : French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances
           by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved
           abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the
           aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781)
           [syn: {Anne Robert Jacques Turgot}]