Grī'sons, n. pl.

(grē'-zunz), n. pl. [Fr. Grisons, from grison, gray; Ger. Graubündner, a Grison, Graubünden, the country of the Grisons; Fr. pays des Grisons, from grau, gray, and bund, alliance, league; i. e., the Gray League of 1424, the members of which were dressed in gray coats; or corrupted for Grafenbund, i. e., league of the counts.] (Geog.) (a.) Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps. (b.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.