Gascon
adjEtymology From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
1
Of or relating to Gascony.
2
Obsolete braggart; swaggering
Gascon
noun/ˈɡæs.kən/
Etymology From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
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.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.1948 November 1, “The New Pictures”, in Time:
2
Obsolete A braggart; a bully.
3
A breed of cow from Gascony