Javert.

An officer of police, the impersonation of inexorable law in Lee Misérables, by Victor Hugo.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Jaquemart
Jaques
Jarkman
Jarnac
Jarndyce v. Jarndyce
Jarvey
Jarvie (Baillie Nicol)
Jaundice
Javan [clay]
Javanese
Javert
Jaw
Jā-wāb
Jawbone
Jay (A)
Jay
Jazey
Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain)
Je ne Sais Quoi
Jeames
Jean Crapaud