garçon

Definitions of garçon
  1. noun
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
    synonyms: garçon de restaurant
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    types:
    serveuse
    a woman waiter
    type of:
    préposé à la table à manger
    someone employed to provide service in a dining room
  2. noun
    a youthful male person
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    antonyms:
    fille, petite fille
    a youthful female person
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    enfant de choeur
    a boy serving as an acolyte
    gars
    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
    écolier, élève
    a boy attending school
    scout
    a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
    guide, scoute
    a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts
    type of:
    homme, mâle
    a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
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