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   The meaning of GUERDON is reward, recompense. Guerdon and Shakespeare

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   Guerdon definition: a reward, recompense, or requital.. See examples of GUERDON used in a sentence.

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   What is a guerdon?

   • 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."

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   Where did Guerdon come from?

   • Guerdon dates back to the 14th century, when Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Romaunt of the Rose (ca. 1366): "He quitte him wel his guerdon there." It derives from Anglo-French and is thought to be related to the Old High German widarlōn, meaning "reward." Shakespeare used guerdon a couple of times in his plays.

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   What do you give a guerdon to?

   • to give a guerdon to; reward. If the damsel smiled Once in seven years only, All their wanderings dreary Ample guerdon knew. Should it be his sacred majesty's pleasure that I succeed Moley, a post of honour shall be the guerdon of your bravery. With what face darest thou ask any guerdon beyond my sparing thy worthless life?

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   Can you use Guerdon in a sentence?

   • Though it is rarely used today, there's no reason you can't use it to describe the compensation you get for some achievement, like the guerdon you received when your essay won the writing contest — guerdon is another term for "prize money" in this case. 2 million people have mastered 402,525,651 new words. Master your first word today! Start Now

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   guer·don (gûr′dn) n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum ...

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   Guerdon definition: A reward; recompense. Origin of Guerdon Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin widerdōnum alteration (influenced by Latin dōnum gift) of Old High German widarlōn widar back, against wi-in Indo-European roots lōn reward lau-in Indo-European roots

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   guerdon: 1 n a reward or payment Type of: reward payment made in return for a service rendered

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