Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Gascony.
- noun The Romance language of Gascony, sometimes considered a dialect of Occitan.
- adjective Of or relating to Gascony, the Gascons, or their language or culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common saurel or horse-mackerel, Trachurus trachurus.
- noun A native of Gascony, a former province of southwestern France, now divided into several departments.
- noun A boaster or braggart; a vain-glorious person: from the reputation of the Gascons as a race for extreme boastfulness. See
gasconade .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
braggart ; abully . - adjective Of or relating to
Gascony . - adjective obsolete
braggart ;swaggering - proper noun The dialect of the
Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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The term Gascon used to designate sometimes the whole Occitan language during the
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If Jasmin had published his volume in classical French he might have been lost amidst a crowd of rhymers; but as he published the work in his native dialect, he became forthwith distinguished in his neighbourhood, and was ever after known as the Gascon poet.
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If Jasmin had published his volume in classical French he might have been lost amidst a crowd of rhymers; but as he published the work in his native dialect, he became forthwith distinguished in his neighbourhood, and was ever after known as the Gascon poet.
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We have said that "Gascon" is often used in connection with boasting or gasconading.
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As we say in this country, he could "carry corn" We have said that "Gascon" is often used in connection with boasting or gasconading.
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