gascon

noun

gas·​con ˈga-skən 

1

capitalized

a

: a native of Gascony

b

: the Romance speech of Gascony

2

: a boastful swaggering person

Gascon adjective

Synonyms

• blower
• blowhard
• boaster
• brag
• braggadocio
• braggart
• bragger
• cockalorum
• cracker [chiefly dialect]
• gasconader
• swaggerer
• vaunter

Examples of gascon in a Sentence

one of history's most celebrated gascons was the Baron Münchhausen of Germany

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a