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In 1717, guildsmen got together for a feast in the Goose & Gridiron tavern in London and the modern Masonic fraternity was born.

From Time Magazine Archive

They differ in every respect—melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic,—from those which stand for the old guildsmen and their rule-of-thumb notions.

From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

Every year the guildsmen held a festival, in honor of their patron, and marched through the streets with banners and the emblems of their trade.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

The guildsmen do not expect a miracle to result from the disappearance of capitalist property rights.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter

The guildsmen were as Christian in England as they were anywhere; the poets were as pagan in England as they were anywhere.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)