Definitions for guilds

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guilds guild

Spelling: [gild]

IPA: /gɪld/

Guilds is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in guilds (dgilsu).

Definitions for guilds

noun

1. an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
2. any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that sometimes constituted a local governing body.
3. Botany. a group of plants, as parasites, having a similar habit of growth and nutrition.

Origin of guilds

before 1000; Middle English gild(e) Old Norse gildi guild, payment; replacing Old English gegyld guild; akin to German Geld money, Gothic -gild tax

Examples for guilds

You shall learn presently what was the meaning of these guilds.

No person can trade unless he is a member of one of three guilds.

Architects, engineers, and missionaries likewise have their guilds.

Then there is no caste; there are no guilds of trade, or art, or science.

The guilds are virtually hereditary, even the fruit venders' guild.

And all ranks and guilds had their signs, by which they might be known.

Previous to being Mayor he had been an eminent personage as master of the guilds.

They operate in a realm largely untouched by legislation, unions, and guilds.

Even what is good about them is not what was good about the guilds.

The triumphs of the Dutch school are the portraits of the guilds.