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• (obsolete) gild

語源

From 中期英語 gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

発音

• IPA: /ɡɪld/
• 韻: -ɪld
• 異形同音異義語: gild, gilled

名詞

guild (plural guilds)

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.
   • 2003, “Guild of Mute Assassins”, performed by Clutch:

     The swinging of its censers, the silence of its members / Oh, the Guild of Mute Assassins

2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

同意語

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

派生語

参考

• (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