guerdon
Meaning
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A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
Synonyms
Hyphenated as
guer‧don
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡəː.dən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration of widerlōnum, from West Germanic (whence Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘back-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin dōnum (“gift”).
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