garçon
Americannoun
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(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
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a boy or a young unmarried man.
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a male employee or servant.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of garçon
C19: from Old French gars lad, probably of Germanic origin
Example Sentences
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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
Her reception was most cordial; but Nicolas Margot, who officiated as premier garçon in the establishment, evinced no symptoms of that intense admiration which she had so recently excited.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
Vandam relates of this house of call that “it is a positive fact that the garçon would ask, ‘Does monsieur desire Sue’s or Dumas’ feuilleton with his café?’”
From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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 backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2018
Hardy shot to fame in the mid-1960s with a million-selling debut single, Tous les garçons et les filles, a song whose chorus, I suggest, had that lyrical sonority she rates so highly.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2018
But it was her self-penned song, Tous les garçons et les filles, that the radio stations and the public responded to.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2018
Along a bench, squeezed a jolly half-dozen "garçons," and a special mist of tobacco smoke hung imminent over their heads.
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
“Ah! vat you garçons do there?” exclaimed Monsieur Malin, for it was the French master, holding up his candle.
From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by Thomas, William I.
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