guer´don|er

guer´don|er
guer|don «GUR duhn», noun, verb. Poetic.
–n.
a reward: »

Verse, like the laurel, its immortal meed, Should be the guerdon of a noble deed (William Cowper).

–v.t.
to reward; recompense.
╂[< Old French guerdon, variant of werdon < Medieval Latin widerdonum, half-translation of Old High German widarlōn repayment, with Latin dōnum gift]
–guer´don|er, noun.

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  • guer|don — «GUR duhn», noun, verb. Poetic. –n. a reward: »Verse, like the laurel, its immortal meed, Should be the guerdon of a noble deed (William Cowper). –v.t. to reward; recompense. ╂[< Old French guerdon, variant of werdon < Medieval Latin… …   Useful english dictionary

  • guer — an·ti lea·guer; be·lea·guer; da·guer·re·an; guer·don·less; guer·ril·la; guer·ril·la·ism; guer·ri·lle·ro; guer·don; re·guer·don; …   English syllables

  • don — abad·don; aban·don·ee; aban·don·ment; achae·no·don; acot·y·le·don; ade·lo·co·don·ic; ag·kis·tro·don; aglyph·o·don·ta; aglyph·o·don·tia; al·don·ic; al·ge·don·ics; al·go·don·ci·llo; am·e·bel·o·don; amyn·o·don; an·cis·tro·don; an·co·don·ta;… …   English syllables

  • Saint-Nicolas (Guer) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Saint Nicolas. Article détaillé : Guer. Saint Nicolas est un hameau appartenant à la commune de Guer, située dans le département du Morbihan et la région Bretagne. Sommaire 1 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Saint-nicolas (guer) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Saint Nicolas. Saint Nicolas est un hameau appartenant à la commune de Guer, située dans le département du Morbihan et la région Bretagne. Sommaire 1 Géographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • guerdon — guer·don …   English syllables

  • guerdonless — guer·don·less …   English syllables

  • guerdon — guer•don [[t]ˈgɜr dn[/t]] n. 1) a reward, recompense, or requital 2) to give a guerdon to; reward • Etymology: 1325–75; < OF, var. of werdoun < ML widerdonum, alter. (prob. by assoc. with L dōnum gift) of OHG widarlōn …   From formal English to slang

  • Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… …   English syllables

  • Guerdon — Guer don, v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See {Guerdon}, n.] To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.] [1913 Webster] Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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