Gascon Definition
găskən
noun
A boastful person; a braggart.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Gascony.
Webster's New World
A boaster; swaggerer.
Webster's New World
The Romance language of Gascony, sometimes considered a dialect of Occitan.
American Heritage
pronoun
The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of Gascony or its people or culture.
Webster's New World
Like or characteristic of this people, reputed to be boastful.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Gascon
Noun
Singular:
gasconPlural:
gasconsOrigin of Gascon
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From Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque.
From Wiktionary
From Gascon (from the traditional stereotype of Gascons as braggarts)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French from Latin Vasconēs the Basques
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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