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guilder

noun

  1. monetary unit
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldə/ / /ˈɡɪldɚ/

noun

  1. 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.