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Banquette
Banquette Ban*quette", n. A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle. My brother-in-law . . . took refuge in the banquette. --Mrs. Howe.
Banquette
Banquette Ban*quette", n. [F. See Banquet, n.] 1. (Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. 2. (Arch.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
Banquetter
Banquetter Ban"quet*ter, n. One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.
Blanquette
Blanquette Blan*quette", n. [F. blanquette, from blanc white.] (Cookery) A white fricassee.
Briquette
Briquette Bri*quette", n. [Also briquet.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.
Coquette
Coquette Co*quette", n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.] 1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
Coquetted
Coquet Co*quet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. --Swift.
Coquetting
Coquet Co*quet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint. You are coquetting a maid of honor. --Swift.
Coquettish
Coquettish Co*quet"tish, a. Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing. A pretty, coquettish housemaid. --W. Irving.
Coquettishly
Coquettishly Co*quet"tish*ly, adv. In a coquettish manner.
Cro-quette
Cro-quette Cro-quette" (kr?-k?t"), n. [F., fr. croquer to crunch.] (Cookery) A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.
Etiquette
Etiquette Et"i*quette`, n. [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF. estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See Stick, and cf. Ticket.] The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. --Prescott.
Moquette
Moquette Mo*quette", n. [F.] A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Parquette
Parquette Par*quette", n. See Parquet.
Plaquette
Plaquette Pla`quette", n. [F., dim. of plaque plate, plaque. See Plaque.] A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small and delicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of form other than circular.
Spangled coquette
Spangle Span"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spangling.] To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate. --Donne. What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? --Shak. Spangled coquette (Zo["o]l.), a tropical humming bird (Lophornis regin[ae]). See Coquette, 2.

Meaning of Quett from wikipedia

- Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998...
- served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004; after ten...
- served as President until his death in 1980, and was succeeded in office by Quett Masire. His son, Ian Khama, served as Botswana's fourth president from 2008...
- was led by Seretse Khama, the country's first president and his successor Quett Masire. Subsequent presidents of Botswana, Festus Mogae, Ian Khama and Mokgweetsi...
- be reelected any number of times. In 1997, under the second president, Quett Masire, term limits were imposed on the office for the first time. Since...
- the first government, and continued winning elections every five years. Quett Masire became president following Khama's death in 1980, and the BDP was...
- apart from the BDP, with nationwide influence. Koma applied pressure to Quett Masire's government to enact reforms, enhancing the transparency of electoral...
- the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government, led by Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, during the first two decades of the African country's independence...
- Mugabe, with his vice-president, Joshua Nkomo, and Botswanan President Quett Masire. In his eulogy, Muluzi said that sorrows had surrounded the country...
- Bechuanaland Independence Party (BIP) in 1965. Led by Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, the BDP campaigned in almost every village in the protectorate leading...