Meanings
balcon1
nounbalcon (plural balcons)
plural balcons
- obsoleteObsolete form of balcony.
That done, we walked to Cornehill, and there at Mr. Cade’s stood in the balcon and saw all the funeral, which was with the blue-coat boys and old men, all the Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, &c., and the number of the company very great; the greatest I ever did see for a taverne.
1665 June 1, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 5, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, pages 33–34
Balcon2
proper noun
- A surname.
Origin
- Frenchbalcon
- Frenchbalcon
- Englishbalcon
Borrowed from French balcon.
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APA
balcon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balcon
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“balcon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balcon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balcon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balcon.
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