merchant guild

noun

1. a medieval guild composed of merchants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of merchant guild¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

Hoastman, hōst′man, n. a member of an old merchant guild in Newcastle, with charge of coal-shipping, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

He was dismissed from the privy council; his portrait was removed from the hall of Trinity College; the Merchant Guild of Dublin struck his name off their rolls.

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Many market places were dominated by a merchant guild, which had a monopoly of the local trade.

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The merchant guild could admit into their guild country villeins, who became freemen if unclaimed by their lords for a year and a day.

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