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

/ ˈɡæskən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Gascony
2. the dialect of French spoken in Gascony

adjective

1. of or relating to Gascony, its inhabitants, or their dialect of French

gascon

²

/ ˈɡæskən /

noun

1. rare.
   a boaster; braggart

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gascon¹

1325–75; Middle English gascoyne, gascoun < Old French, ultimately < Latin Vascōnēs the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gascon¹

C14: from Old French gascoun; compare Latin Vasconēs Basque

Example Sentences

And those women — Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña — figure to be strong contenders at the Oscars too.

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George Gascón as evidence that voters want tougher law enforcement.

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George Gascón has faced in his aggressive pursuit of police in excessive force cases.

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“We have to take a realistic view in the particular courtroom that we are in, who the judges are, what kind of rulings we’ve been getting,” Gascón said in an interview with The Times last month.

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His victorious opponent, former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, attacked Gascón as a crime-fighting wimp.

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