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guilder (root: guilde)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun guilder has 2 senses
- guilder(n = noun.quantity) florin, gulden - the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents; Array is a kind of surinamese monetary unit
- guilder(n = noun.quantity) dutch florin, florin, gulden - formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents; Array has parts: cent
is a kind of dutch monetary unit
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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