Guiscard

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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval French
Pronounced Pron. /ɡis.kaʁ/(French)

Meaning & History

Norman French form of the Norman name Wischard, from Old Norse vizkr "wise" and the Old French pejorative suffix -ard (from Old Frankish hard "hard, firm, brave, hardy"). This was the byname of Robert Guiscard, an 11th-century Norman conqueror of Sicily.