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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Since 2010, several quilt guilds across the nation have donated nearly 200 quilts to volunteers in various aging brain studies at UCSD.
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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
The hearing committee suggested to the guild executives that this should only be a warning.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Alongside the festival screenings and red carpets, there have been multiple screenings and Q&As for BAFTA voters, AMPAS voters and at the various guilds, plus dinners, receptions, tastemaker events and parties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
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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
The hearing committee suggested to the guild executives that this should only be a warning.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Alongside the festival screenings and red carpets, there have been multiple screenings and Q&As for BAFTA voters, AMPAS voters and at the various guilds, plus dinners, receptions, tastemaker events and parties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guild
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“Guild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guild. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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