guilder
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guilder¹
- /ˈɡɪldə/ UK
- /ˈɡɪldɚ/ US
Sounds like gilder · Rhymes with -ɪldə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).
noun guilders · gilder
- The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents. [N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]
- The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
- The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
guilder²
- /ˈɡɪldə/ UK
- /ˈɡɪldɚ/ US
Sounds like gilder · Rhymes with -ɪldə(ɹ)
noun guilders
- Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”). A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale.
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Talk about this word "guilder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guilder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. guilder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guilder "guilder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guilder.Cite this
@misc{guilder_2026,
title = {guilder},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guilder},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
