Gascon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæskən/
Noun
Gascon (plural Gascons)
- A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- 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.
- 1948, ‘The New Pictures’, Time, 1 Nov.:
- Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.
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- (obsolete) A braggart; a bully.
Translations
Tagalog
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaskon/
Proper noun
Gascon
- A surname, most associated with:
- Chito Gascon, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights from 2016 to present
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gascon is the 702nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 13,340 individuals.
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