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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ギルド

Pronunciation / Transliteration: girudo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guild/ɡɪld/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15400 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"中世ヨーロッパでは多くの職人がギルドに所属していました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed for mutual protection and promotion of their professional interests.

    "The writers' guild negotiated better royalties and working conditions for its television scriptwriters."
  2. 2

    A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants with considerable power.

    "Master craftsmen in the weavers' guild strictly regulated the quality and pricing of cloth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating from Old English 'gild' meaning payment, tribute, or society, the term evolved from sacrificial or mutual-help feasts into medieval trade associations. By the Middle Ages, it referred to an association of artisans or merchants formed to control the practice of their craft in a town.

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