guild
See also: Guild
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Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪld/Category:English 1-syllable words#GUILDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GUILD
- Rhymes: -ɪldCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪld#GUILDCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪld/1 syllable#GUILD
- Homophones: gild, gilledCategory:English terms with homophones#GUILD
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GUILDAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
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
- 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.
- 2003, “Guild of Mute Assassins”, performed by Clutch:
- The swinging of its censers, the silence of its members / Oh, the Guild of Mute AssassinsCategory:English terms with quotations#GUILD
- A corporation.
- (ecologyCategory:en:Ecology#GUILD) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
- (video gamesCategory:en:Video games#GUILD) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.
Synonyms
- (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
- (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association
Derived terms
Translations
association of tradespeople
See also
- (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall
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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