Gascon

See also: gascon and Gascón

English

Alternative forms

• Gascoigne [14th-19th c.]
• Gascoine [16th-17th c.]

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæskən/

Noun

Gascon (plural Gascons)

1. A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France. [from 14th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, 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.

2. (obsolete) A braggart; a bully.

Translations

inhabitant

• Italian: guascone m

• Romanian: gascon m

Adjective

Gascon (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Gascony.
2. (obsolete) braggart; swaggering

Translations

of or relating to Gascony

• Italian: guascone

• Romanian: gascon

Proper noun

Gascon

1. The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.

Anagrams

• Cogans, congas

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French

Etymology

From Middle French gascon, from Old French, from Latin plural Vascōnēs.

Noun

Gascon m (plural Gascons, feminine Gasconne)

1. Gascon person

Related terms

• Gascogne

Anagrams

• cognas, congas