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trade guild

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noun

  1. a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.


Etymology

Origin of trade guild

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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Such an organization wouldn’t be a trade guild protecting the interests of doctors.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019

Like many medical societies, it is primarily a trade guild centered on the finances of doctors.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019

It was a trade guild of freemen, distinguished from medieval serfs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hoey may be described as a trade guild; but it is much more.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

And the above-named penalty of confiscation of goods should of course be enforced only against dishonest members of the trade guild.

From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by Ruskin, John