Meanings
- the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
Synonyms: Robert Guiscard
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounthe sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
Origin
- Old Norsevizkr“clever”
- Old Northern Frenchguische“ruse”
- Old FrenchGuischart
- ItalianGuiscardo
- Medieval LatinGuiscardus
- EnglishGuiscard
Via Medieval Latin Guiscardus, Italian Guiscardo, Old French Guischart (literally “crafty rogue, trickster”), via Old Northern French guische (“ruse”) from Old Norse vizkr (“clever”) + harðr (“hard”); compare suffix -ard in Richard.
More words from Medieval Latin, Italian, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Guiscard
- Guiscardsobriquet of Robert of Hauteville
Italian Guiscardo
- Guiscardosobriquet of Robert of Hauteville
Latin Viscardus, Guiscardus
- Viscardussobriquet of Robert of Hauteville
- Guiscardussobriquet of Robert of Hauteville
Russian Гвиска́р
- Гвиска́р (Gviskár)sobriquet of Robert of Hauteville
Cite this entry
Guiscard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guiscard
“Guiscard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guiscard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guiscard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guiscard.
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