garson

plural garsons · alternative garcion

1. obsoleteA young male servant or attendant.

   Longe standyng and small offryng makth poore parsons, / Long wayghtyng and small wages makth poor garsons.

   1555, Iohn Heywood, “Of long standynge. xci.”, in Two hundred epigrammes, vpon two hundred prouerbes with a thyrde hundred newely added and made, London: [T. Berthelet], →OCLC, page 47; republished at Early English Books Online, Regents of the University of Michigan, 2026

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   […] that in every Bill mention be made of the number of Horſes, that no more but one Garſon be allowed, and that payment according to the Statute might be made from day to day.

   1671, Fabian Philipps, “chap xii. That the Subjects of England had heretofore ſuch a regard of the King and his Servants […] ”, in Regale Neceſſarium […] , London: Chriſtopher Wilkinſon, →OCLC, page 377

   But that his Wits may be more refin'd, / He reads Play-Books of the beſt kind: / And all sorts of Romances, / Leads all Jiggs and Country-Dances. / At merry Meetings, O brave Garſon […]

   1683, R[obert] D[ixon], “Canto XII”, in Canidia, or the Witches: A Rhapſody, London: S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell, →OCLC, page 115

plural Garsons

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.
3. countableuncountableA community in Nickel Centre, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, named after William Garson.