Guelph

¹

Or Guelf

[gwelf]

noun

1. a member of the political party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the sovereignty of the papacy against the German emperors: opposed to the Ghibellines.

2. a member of a secret society in Italy in the early 19th century that opposed foreign rulers and reactionary ideas.

Guelph

²

[gwelf]

noun

1. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

Guelph

¹

/ ɡwɛlf /

noun

1. a member of the political faction in medieval Italy that supported the power of the pope against the German emperors Compare Ghibelline

2. a member of a secret society in 19th-century Italy opposed to foreign rule

Guelph

²

/ ɡwɛlf /

noun

1. a city in Canada, in SE Ontario. Pop: 106 920 (2001)

Other Word Forms

• Guelphic adjective
• Guelfic adjective
• Guelphism noun
• Guelfism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Guelph¹

1570–80; < Italian Guelfo < Middle High German Welf name of founder of a princely German family

Example Sentences

Michael von Massow, a professor of agriculture at Guelph University, said fruit juice prices have risen 7.5% from last year due to counter measures on American citrus.

From BBC

Overall, it is difficult to attribute certain symptoms to variants when there are more than a dozen circulating at a time and testing remains relatively low compared to earlier stages of the pandemic, said Dr. T. Ryan Gregory, an evolutionary and genome biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada.

From Salon

The effort "amps collaboration up to a new level," said Stuart McCook, a historian at the University of Guelph in Ontario who studies coffee and other tropical commodities and who is not involved in Innovea.

From Salon

The study team also included researchers from the University of British Columbia, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the University of Victoria, the University of Lethbridge, the University of Manitoba, l'Université Laval, the University of Guelph, and the Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

From Science Daily

She had a promising job as an assistant professor at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, and she had published significantly more peer-reviewed articles than some of her male colleagues.

From New York Times