Guilder Definition

gĭldər
guilders
noun
guilders

The former basic monetary unit of the Netherlands, superseded in 2002 by the euro.

Webster's New World
The former monetary unit of Suriname.
Webster's New World
A former coin of Germany, Austria, etc.
Webster's New World

(rare) Gilder.

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Noun

Singular:
guilder
Plural:
guilders

Origin of Guilder

  • Middle English gilder alteration of Middle Dutch gulden golden ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).

    From Wiktionary

Guilder Sentence Examples

  • The Dutch guilder fell against the pound by about the same amount (from 3.1 to 3.6 ).

  • The Company promised to permit the patroons to engage in the fur trade, whenever it had no commissary of its own, subject to a tax of one guilder (40 cents) on each skin, and to engage in other trade along the coast from Newfoundland to Florida subject to a tax of 5% on goods shipped to Europe.

  • One day's gratuitous labour out of seven or more can be demanded of labourers either on private or on government estates; but in 1882 this form of labour was for the most part abolished as far as government estates were concerned, each labourer so exempted paying one guilder per year.

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