garçon

American  

[gar-sawn] / garˈsɔ̃ /

noun

French.

plural

garçons

1. (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.

2. a boy or a young unmarried man.

3. a male employee or servant.

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garçon British  

/ ɡarsɔ̃, ˈɡɑsɒn /

noun

1. a waiter or male servant, esp if French

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Etymology

Origin of garçon

C19: from Old French gars lad, probably of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

Now garçon, if you'd be so kind, one one more sprinkle of that good stuff, si vous plait.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 11, 2018

She told him he was a bon garçon, and she meant it.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

She say, 'Bateese, vous garçon, vat you make dat splash on de floor?'

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

Simply because the feminine of garçon began to be used in a bad sense in the seventeenth century.

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max

The garçon smiles, as he conducts us to the garden, and introduces us to the resources of the immense tree in the centre.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

Related Words

• server
• waitperson
• waitress