variants
or less commonly gild
1
: an association of people with similar interests or pursuits
especially
: a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen
2
: a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way
a feeding guild
Examples of guild in a Sentence
after his apprenticeship, he was able to join the stonemasons' guild
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Possibly the most powerful figure in French cinema, Gaëtan Bruel, who became the youngest president of the National Film Board (CNC) earlier this year at the age of 37, is on a mission to build alliances with American filmmakers, guilds and streamers.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The guild will name it 2026 Distinguished Artisan Award recipient later in the year.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Since 2010, several quilt guilds across the nation have donated nearly 200 quilts to volunteers in various aging brain studies at UCSD.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The unnamed ringleader apparently also tried to sell a copy of a world-famous painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn known as The Syndics, a 17th century portrait of members of Amsterdam's cloth makers' guild, for roughly $150 million.
—NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The guild will name it 2026 Distinguished Artisan Award recipient later in the year.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Since 2010, several quilt guilds across the nation have donated nearly 200 quilts to volunteers in various aging brain studies at UCSD.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The unnamed ringleader apparently also tried to sell a copy of a world-famous painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn known as The Syndics, a 17th century portrait of members of Amsterdam's cloth makers' guild, for roughly $150 million.
—NPR, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guild. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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