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Guilder (root: guilde)
CIDE DICTIONARY
Guilder, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden.].
A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Guilder, n.
1 the chief monetary unit of the Netherlands.
2 hist. a gold coin of the Netherlands and Germany.
1 the chief monetary unit of the Netherlands.
2 hist. a gold coin of the Netherlands and Germany.
Etymology
ME, alt. of Du. gulden: see GULDEN
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