jacques

n. an old word for a toilet or an outdoor bathroom.

n. an obsolete or archaic term for a privy, outhouse, or lavatory; a variant spelling of 'jakes'.

“The old farmhouse still had a wooden jacques at the end of the garden.”

“The historical novelist described the squalor of the medieval city, noting the stench emanating from the public jacques near the market square.”

Archaic

n. a common French name for a man, similar to the English name James or Jacob.

n. a French male given name, etymologically equivalent to the English Jacob or James.

“Jacques is a very popular name in France and parts of Canada.”

“The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau had a profound influence on the political theories of the French Revolution.”