Guelph
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Guelph
- /ɡwɛlf/
Rhymes with -ɛlf
Where it comes from
From Italian guelfo, from Middle High German Welf, a Bavarian dynasty.
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, inherited from his Italian wife, the Countess Matilda of Tuscany, possessions including Tuscany, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua and Reggio, which played a role in the Investiture Controversy. The Welf dynasty sided with the Pope in this controversy, so partisans of the Pope became known in Italy as Guelfi.
noun Guelphs · Guelf · Gwelph · Gwelf
- In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor. 1893, Oscar Browning, Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409, Methuen & Co., page 13, The parties of Guelph and Ghibelline raged as fiercely as if the lances of the German hosts were ever glimmering on the crest of the Alps, or as if the Lombard leagues were in co
- Any member of the German-Hanoverian Party (1867–1933), a conservative federalist political party in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic founded in protest of the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by the Kingdom of Prussia. Bismarck was aware of the opportunity which the Reichstag afforded the Guelphs.
proper noun Guelf · Gwelph · Gwelf
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Synonym of Welf, a dynasty, a cadet branch of the Italian House of Este, founded in the 11th century by Welf I, Duke of Bavaria.
House of Guelph
Similar: Welf
- A city, the county seat of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
Translations
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noun member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope
| Español | güelfo, güelfa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구엘프 guelpeu |
| 日本語 | 教皇派 kyōkōha, ゲルフ gerufu |
| 中文 | 歸爾甫 /归尔甫 Guī'ěrfǔ |
| Português | guelfo, guelfa |
| Français | guelfe, Guelfe |
| Deutsch | Guelfe, Welfe |
| Italiano | guelfo, guelfa |
| Ελληνικά | Γουέλφος Gouélfos |
| Русский | гве́льф gvélʹf |
| العربية | غولف |
| עברית | גואלפ |
Talk about this word "Guelph." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guelph. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Guelph. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guelph "Guelph." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guelph.Cite this
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title = {Guelph},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guelph},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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