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trade guild

American  

noun

  1. a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.


Etymology

Origin of trade guild

First recorded in 1870–75

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Such an organization wouldn’t be a trade guild protecting the interests of doctors.

From The New Yorker Aug. 5, 2019

Like many medical societies, it is primarily a trade guild centered on the finances of doctors.

From The New Yorker Aug. 5, 2019

It was a trade guild of freemen, distinguished from medieval serfs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its charter retained many of the aspects of the medieval trade guild: power to purchase lands, to sue and be sued, to make by- laws, and to punish offenders against them by fine or imprisonment.

From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by Reilly, S. A.

The Hoey may be described as a trade guild; but it is much more.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

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