trade guild

noun

1. a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade guild¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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

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

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An extensive collaborative project between collector and artisan, each bespoke piece of furniture called for the skills of least five master craftsmen – each a member of a trade guild awarded the exclusive right to practice a métier in a given city and its surroundings and enjoying royal protection – including a cabinetmaker, marquetry artist, bronze caster, silversmith, chaser, gilder, painter, clockmaker, locksmith and marble, leather or fabric worker.

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Then gradually, with the growth of the trade guild movement, there came the Era of Specialization in Industry, and the high offices of the sclp spclst were dissipated among other trades, until only that coming strictly under the head of sclp speclzng remained.

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

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