gilder
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gilder
Example Sentences
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However, he soon realised being a gilder pilot was "an elite, like the Commandos".
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
The case was made by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, a Parisian bronzeur and gilder of the early 19th Century, and the inner movements were made by Benjamin Vulliamy, clockmaker to King George III from 1773.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2020
He is less a gilder of lilies than a trimmer of fat, and there is a clarity to The New Abnormal that commends it.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2020
As the sun beat down, Jane Henry, a gilder, primed and sealed the incised letters.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2014
The man who thus interrupted his meditations was no less a personage than Herr Pickard Leberfink, a decorator and gilder by trade, and one of the drollest men in the world.
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
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