Gascon
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque.
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Noun[edit]
Gascon (plural Gascons)
- A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, printed at London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:, II.8:
- I am a Gascoine, and there is no vice wherein I have lesse skill: I hate it somewhat more by complexion, than I accuse it by discourse.
- 1948, ‘The New Pictures’, Time, 1 Nov.:
- Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.
- (obsolete) A braggart; a bully.
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Adjective[edit]
Gascon (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Gascony.
- (obsolete) braggart; swaggering
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Proper noun[edit]
Gascon
- The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French gascon, from Old French, from Latin plural Vascōnēs.
Noun[edit]
Gascon m (plural Gascons, feminine Gasconne)
- Gascon person
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /ɡas.kon/, [ɡas.kxon]
Proper noun[edit]
Gascon
- A surname, most associated with:
- Chito Gascon, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights from 2016 to present
Statistics[edit]
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gascon is the 702nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 13,340 individuals.
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