guerdon
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
guerdon (plural guerdons)
- (now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
- 1567 Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 2 lines 361-3
- Is this the guerdon wherewithall ye quite my fruitfulnesse?
- Is this the honor that ye gave for my plenteousnesse
- And dutie done with true intent?
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- "That will I do blithely," replied the Pilgrim, "and without guerdon; my oath, for a time, prohibits me from touching gold."
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch.15
- Melanie might have given him his new coat but this sash was her gift, her own secret guerdon for him to wear into battle, something that would make him remember her every time he looked at it.
- 1567 Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 2 lines 361-3
- Russian: награ́да
- Spanish: galardón
guerdon (guerdons, present participle guerdoning; past and past participle guerdoned)
- (transitive) To give such a reward to.
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