Jean Nicot, was a French diplomat and scholar. Born in Nîmes, in the south of France, he was French ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561. Jean Nicot was 29 years old in 1559 when he was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old Princess Marguerite de Valois to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal. When Nicot returned, he brought tobacco plants. He introduced snuff to the French court. Wikipedia
University of Chicago . Data capture of Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue franoyse (1606) was completed by Professor T.R. Wooldridge of the University of Toronto, who has provided extensive editorial assistance for this project. www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/TLF-NICOT/
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