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Definition of Gascons
1. gascon [n] - See also: gascon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gascons
Literary usage of Gascons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart, Thomas Johnes (1839)
"A SHORT DIGRESSION ON THE MANNERS OP THE ENGLISH AND Gascons IN THE TIME OP
FROISSART. FOREIGN countries may well wonder at the noble realm of France, ..."
2. The History of the Western Empire: From Its Restoration by Charlemagne to by Robert Buckley Comyn (1851)
"In 630 Aribert, King of Toulouse, and brother of Dagobert I. reduced their country
and united Gascony to his own possessions.27 The Gascons, however, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"The Gascons have a great deal of spirit ; hut their exaggeration in describing
... The Gascons who dwell near the Pyrenees, were originally from Spain. ..."
4. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and Its by Augustin Thierry (1847)
"... king to another—Confederation of the Armagnacs—The Gascons join the king of
France—Conquest of Guienne by the French —Revolt of Bordeaux—Second conquest ..."
5. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1854)
"All these proceedings gave• great satisfaction to the Gascons, and then the
treachery which had long lain hid disclosed itself; for from the moment that ..."
6. Tales of a Grandfather: Being Stories Taken from the History of France by Walter Scott (1831)
"... claiming the rights of Lord Paramount, summons the Blach Prince to Paris, to
answer the Complaints of certain discontented Gascons—Mutual Preparations ..."
7. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"The Gascons also required that Simon should be confronted with them; and that
agreements that he had extorted from some of them ..."
8. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart, Thomas Johnes (1839)
"A SHORT DIGRESSION ON THE MANNERS OP THE ENGLISH AND Gascons IN THE TIME OP
FROISSART. FOREIGN countries may well wonder at the noble realm of France, ..."
9. The History of the Western Empire: From Its Restoration by Charlemagne to by Robert Buckley Comyn (1851)
"In 630 Aribert, King of Toulouse, and brother of Dagobert I. reduced their country
and united Gascony to his own possessions.27 The Gascons, however, ..."
10. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"The Gascons have a great deal of spirit ; hut their exaggeration in describing
... The Gascons who dwell near the Pyrenees, were originally from Spain. ..."
11. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and Its by Augustin Thierry (1847)
"... king to another—Confederation of the Armagnacs—The Gascons join the king of
France—Conquest of Guienne by the French —Revolt of Bordeaux—Second conquest ..."
12. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1854)
"All these proceedings gave• great satisfaction to the Gascons, and then the
treachery which had long lain hid disclosed itself; for from the moment that ..."
13. Tales of a Grandfather: Being Stories Taken from the History of France by Walter Scott (1831)
"... claiming the rights of Lord Paramount, summons the Blach Prince to Paris, to
answer the Complaints of certain discontented Gascons—Mutual Preparations ..."
14. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"The Gascons also required that Simon should be confronted with them; and that
agreements that he had extorted from some of them ..."
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