Joe Sixpack American

Word of the Day for Monday, November 24, 2008

guerdon \GUR-duhn\, noun:

1. a reward

2. to reward, pay back

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There will be many entities expecting their guerdon from B.O. as a result of their support for him.

--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

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by 1366, "reward, recompense" (now only poetic), from Old French guerdon, from Middle Latin widerdonum, from Old High German widarlon and influenced in Middle Latin by Latin donum "gift"