gueridon

[ ger-ee-don; French gey-ree-dawn ]

noun

, French Furniture.

, plural gue·ri·dons [ger, -ee-donz, gey-, r, ee-, dawn].

1. a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gueridon¹

1850–55; < French guéridon, after the proper name Guéridon

Example Sentences

Or if your dining area lacks a silver-trimmed tableside gueridon from which to serve the pepperoni pie just delivered from the local pizzeria, there are those, too.

From New York Times

He reformed the art by suppressing the suspiciously-draped tables of his predecessors, substituting for these "clumsy confederate boxes" light and elegant tables and little gueridons, undraped.

From Project Gutenberg

Brightly shone the light of chandelier and gueridon through the plate glass windows of the royal palace on the Ritterholm, and most beautifully was its brilliancy reflected by the quiet waters of the Malar lake.

From Project Gutenberg

At last the house-keeper brought forward a little round table, such as once was called a gueridon, on which was a cup of strong mocha, the perfume of which filled the room.

From Project Gutenberg

The table, a rickety gueridon, overbalanced, and away rolled my uncorked phial of prussic acid and fell into a hundred pieces on the tessellated floor.

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