Gascon

Meanings

Noun

• A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
• A braggart; a bully.
• A breed of cow from Gascony

Adjective

• Of or relating to Gascony.
• braggart; swaggering

Proper Noun

• The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.

Origin

• From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Vascon.