Gascon

[ gas-kuhn ]
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noun
  1. a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.

  2. (lowercase) a boaster or braggart.

adjective
  1. pertaining to Gascony or its people.

  2. (lowercase) boastful; bragging.

Origin of Gascon

1
1325–75; Middle English gascoyne, gascoun<Old French, ultimately <Latin Vascōnēs the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas

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How to use Gascon in a sentence

  • Armagnac, that underappreciated and fiery Gascon brandy, has a long history.

  • Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • He was Gascon to the backbone, and his tongue too often betrayed his most secret and his most transient thoughts.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • But while everything seemed so favourable the crafty Gascon from the first foresaw the dangers which beset his path.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • But the outbreak of the Revolution opened a wider field to the audacious young Gascon.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for gascon (1 of 2)

gascon

/ (ˈɡæskən) /


noun
  1. rare a boaster; braggart

Origin of gascon

1
C14: from Old French gascoun; compare Latin Vasconēs Basque

British Dictionary definitions for Gascon (2 of 2)

Gascon

/ (ˈɡæskən) /


noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Gascony

  2. the dialect of French spoken in Gascony

adjective
  1. of or relating to Gascony, its inhabitants, or their dialect of French

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