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Guelph

(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

Origin: 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)

city in SE Ontario, Canada: pop. 96,000

See Guelph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of southern Ontario, Canada, west of Toronto. It is an industrial center in a farming area. Population: 115,000.

also Guelf

noun

A member of a strong faction in medieval Italy that supported the power of the pope and the city-states in a struggle against the German emperors and the Ghibellines.

Origin:

Origin: Italian Guelfo

Origin: , from Middle High German Welf, name of the founder of a German princely family

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