guild

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From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#GUILDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#GUILD gilde, from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#GUILD gildi (payment, guild). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

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guild (plural guilds)Category:English lemmas#GUILDCategory:English nouns#GUILDCategory:English countable nouns#GUILDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GUILDCategory:Pages with entries#GUILDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GUILD

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  1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.
  2. A corporation.
  3. (ecologyCategory:en:Ecology#GUILD) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
  4. (video gamesCategory:en:Video games#GUILD) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

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Further reading

  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Guild, gild”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 493–494.
  • Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003
  • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2009
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