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guilder
UK /ˈɡɪldə/ US /ˈɡɪldɚ/
noun 4
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1VERB + GUILDER
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Definitions
noun
1
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; [...]
On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.
2
The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
3
The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
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.
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[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; [...]
Wiktionary02
On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.
Wiktionary03
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 inc
Wiktionary04
One stiver would get you five liquorice roots, so every guilder would get you sixty!
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