Synonyms for garcon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gar-sawn |
| Phonetic Transcription : garˈsɔ̃ |
Top 10 synonyms for garcon Other synonyms for the word garcon
Définition of garcon
Origin :- "boy," c.1300, from Old French garçun (11c.; Modern French garçon) "menial, servant-boy, page; man of base condition," originally objective case of gars, perhaps from Frankish *wrakjo (cf. Old High German recko, Old Saxon wrekkio "a banished person, exile;" English wretch). Meaning "waiter" (especially one in a French restaurant) is from 1788.
- As in waiter : noun server
- There was no one about, but under an electric bell was written Garcon.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- There, when the garcon had left them, they sat near the windows hand in hand.
- Extract from : « Child of a Century, Complete » by Alfred de Musset
- They should both, garcon and cashier, be discharged on the spot.
- Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb
- And he had answered her: "I think I feel that too, garcon Carterette."
- Extract from : « The Battle Of The Strong, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- With these pious feelings I let down the glass, and called out to the garcon for a glass of brandy and a cigar.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- Our garcon had never heard of the prisoner; but he knew about the gendarmes who now occupy the castle.
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- They stopped in front of the hotel, and Valmond, motioning to the garcon, gave him an order.
- Extract from : « When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- Come and go when thou wilt, Clive, my garcon, my son: thy cover is laid.
- Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- "Servez-vous mon garcon," said he blandly, when I had put a couple of huge lumps of continental sugar into his cup.
- Extract from : « The Professor » by (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
- C'est la fortune de la guerre, mon garcon; but calm yourself, and take this potion which Blanche has prepared for you.
- Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
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