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Definition of Guerdon
1. Noun. A reward or payment.
Definition of Guerdon
1. n. A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense.
2. v. t. To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.
Definition of Guerdon
1. Noun. (qualifier now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To give such a reward to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guerdon
1. to reward [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: reward
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guerdon
Literary usage of Guerdon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Possibly, neither was the hut each writer made use of a then fresh in circulation,
and in degree popular. guerdon, О sweet guerdon ! better thun remu eleven ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To recompense ; nwde from the substantive. My lord protector will, I doubt it
not, See you well guerdon'd for these good deserts. ..."
3. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"THE guerdon. ALAIN, the poet, fell asleep one day In the lords' chamber, when it
chanced the Queen ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To give a guerdon to ; reward. It is good to serue suche a lorde as ... My lord
protector will, I doubt it not, See you well guerdon'd for these good ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"But, thanks to Heaven and good Saint Chad, A guerdon meet the spoiler had !
— There erst was martial Marmion found, His feet upon a couchant hound, ..."
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