Meanings
garcon1
plural garcons
- alternativeAlternative spelling of garçon.
One day Henri, the garcon, murmured confidentially, as she left the cafe after a particularly slim meal: "These thin little blondes, they do not last long.
1920, Marie Conway Oemler, The Purple Heights2 more examples
And, harkee, garcon! let the blood Of cobwebbed years be spilt for him-- Aye, in a rich Burgundy flood This piscatorial pride should swim; So, were he living, he should say He gladly died for me and mine, And, as it was his native spray, He'd lash the sauce--What, ho! the wine!
1905, Eugene Field, John Smith, U.S.A.The garcon was a small man in the fifties, inclined to corpulence, with a large head, large, blue-gray eyes, purplish lips, and blue-black hair cut pompadour.
1916, Henry Sheahan, A Volunteer Poilu
Garcon2
Origin
- FrenchGarçon
- EnglishGarcon
Borrowed from French Garçon. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
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garcon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garcon
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