guildsman

[ gildz-muhn ]

noun

, plural guilds·men.

1. a member of a guild.

guildsman

/ ˈɡɪldzmən /

noun

1. a man who is a member of a guild

Word History and Origins

Origin of guildsman¹

First recorded in 1870–75; guild + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

The crafty guildsman had avoided the Giant's traps and there found the two geese squatting upon their bed of minerals.

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A guildsman could not sell wool retail to strangers nor go into partnership with a man outside the guild.

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It showed a man of serious bearing, and brought to mind the princely guildsman of the Middle Ages.

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Gunnery was a closed corporation, and the gunner himself a guildsman.

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