Guiscard
Meanings
name
- the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Via Medieval Latin Guiscardus, Italian Guiscardo, Old French Guischart (literally “crafty rogue, trickster”), via Old Northern French guische (“ruse”) from Old Norse vizkr (“clever”) + harðr (“hard”); compare suffix -ard in Richard.
Synonyms
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