Garçon
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Garçon is the French word for boy. In English, and various other languages, it was adopted in the specific meaning of a (male, usually young) waiter, especially of low rank in a larger establishment, who serves customers food and/or drinks.
[edit] Other uses
- Garçon! is a 1983 film by the French author and director Claude Sautet
- "Garçon" (song) is a 2007 single by French artist Koxie
[edit] See also
- Comme des Garçons, French for "like boys", is a Japanese fashion label
The word occurs in the title of many (usually French) works of art, such as:
- Garçon à la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) is a 1905 painting by Pablo Picasso
- Garçon stupide (English: Stupid Boy) is a 2004 film directed by Lionel Baier.
- Le Garçon et l'aveugle (The Boy and the Blind Man) is an anonymous 13th century French play, considered the oldest surviving French literature farce