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gascon

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɡæs.kən/

Definition of gascon

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
    “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.”
    “Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.”
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noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
    “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.”
    “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.
  3. A breed of cow from Gascony

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to Gascony.
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)braggart; swaggering

name

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

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Etymology

From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.

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