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Gascon

[ gas-kuhn ]

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.

Gascon

1

/ 藞伞忙蝉办蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Gascony
  2. the dialect of French spoken in Gascony
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Gascony, its inhabitants, or their dialect of French
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gascon

2

/ 藞伞忙蝉办蓹苍 /

noun

  1. rare.
    a boaster; braggart
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Gascon1

1325鈥75; Middle English gascoyne, gascoun < Old French, ultimately < Latin 痴补蝉肠艒苍脓蝉 the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Gascon1

C14: from Old French gascoun; compare Latin 痴补蝉肠辞苍脓蝉 Basque
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