Guiscard

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.

• enPR: gē-skär′, IPA^(key): /ɡiːˈskɑːr/

Guiscard

1. the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily

   Synonym: Robert Guiscard

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