merchant guild
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of merchant guild
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Non-Chinese were allowed to reside in Macao, but after 1759 they could conduct trade only through the port of Guangzhou and trade only with the Co-hong, the official Chinese merchant guild.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Only members of the merchant guild authorized to transact business with Westerners were allowed to have contact with Europeans.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Latvia traces its Christmas tree traditions back to 1510, when a merchant guild called the House of the Black Heads carried a tree through the city, decorated it, and later burned it down.
From National Geographic • Dec. 18, 2020
Compare the merchant guild with the modern chamber of commerce, and craft guilds with modern trade unions.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
Hoastman, hōst′man, n. a member of an old merchant guild in Newcastle, with charge of coal-shipping, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
