Definitions for guerdon
ˈgɜr dnguer·don

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. guerdonnoun

   a reward or payment

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. guerdonnoun

   A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.

2. guerdonverb

   To give such a reward to.

3. Etymology: From guerdon, from widerdonum, from West Germanic (> Old English wiþerlean), literally ‘again-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin donum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Guerdonnoun

   A reward; a recompense. A word now no longer in use.

   Etymology: guerdon, gardon, French.

   He hearken’d, and did stay from further harms,
   To gain so goodly guerdon as she spake. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   But to the virgin comes, who all this while
   Amazed stands herself so mock’d to see,
   By him who has the guerdon of his guile,
   For so misfeigning her true knight to be. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villanies. Richard Knolles.

   Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
   To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
   But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
   And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
   Comes the blind fury with th’ abhorred sheers,
   And slits the thin-spun life. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guerdon

   Guerdon is a noun that signifies a reward or compensation, often given as a payment for a service or as a recognition for good deeds.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Guerdonnoun

   a reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense

2. Guerdonnoun

   to give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for

3. Etymology: [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Guerdon

   gėr′dun, n. a reward or recompense.—v.t. to reward. [O. Fr. guerdon, guerredon (It. guidardone)—Low L. widerdonum, corr. from Old High Ger. widarlón (A.S. wiðerleán)—wider (A.S. wiðer), against, and lón (A.S. leán), reward; or more prob. the latter part of the word is from L. donum, a gift.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. guerdon

   A reward or recompense for good service.

Matched Categories

1. • Reward

Anagrams for guerdon »

1. go under

2. grounde

3. undergo

4. ungored

How to pronounce guerdon?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guerdon in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guerdon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=guerdon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Guerdon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=guerdon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guerdon
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=guerdon
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=guerdon