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- Dictionaryguerdon/ˈɡəːd(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a reward or recompense.
verb
- 1. give a reward to (someone): "there might come a time in which he should guerdon them"
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The meaning of GUERDON is reward, recompense. Guerdon and Shakespeare.
2 meanings: 1. a reward or payment 2. to give a guerdon to.... Click for more definitions.
A guerdon is a reward. The disappointing guerdon for your day spent shoveling your elderly neighbor's driveway might be a little tin of very old licorice candy. The word guerdon, pronounced "GER-dun," is an Old French word that literally means "reward or payment."
Guerdon definition: a reward, recompense, or requital.. See examples of GUERDON used in a sentence.
Jun 2, 2024 · (now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade. The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, "That will I do blithely," replied the Pilgrim, "and without ; my oath, for a time, prohibits me from touching gold."
Define guerdon. guerdon synonyms, guerdon pronunciation, guerdon translation, English dictionary definition of guerdon. n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned , guer·don·ing , guer·dons To reward.
The earliest known use of the noun guerdon is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for guerdon is from before 1366, in Romaunt Rose . guerdon is a borrowing from French .
Guerdon definition: A reward; recompense.
2 senses: 1. a reward or payment 2. to give a guerdon to.... Click for more definitions.
guerdon: A reward; recompense.
