Guelf

Variant of Guelph

Guelph definition

Guelph or Guelf (gwelf)

noun

any member of a political party in medieval Italy that supported the authority of the pope in opposition to the aristocratic party of the Ghibellines

Etymology: It Guelfo, for MHG Welf, a family name < OHG welf, a whelp: the war cry of the anti-imperialists at the battle of Weinsberg (1140)

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