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guild-brother
A member of a guild.
1382in Eng. Gilds (1870) 57 Ye den xal..warnen alle ye gylde breyeren yt ben in toune. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. 172 in Anglia IX. 348 The vther mous..Was gild-brother and maid ane fre burges. 1583in W. Maitland Hist. Edin. (1753) 233 Alsweill Craftsmen as Merchands sall be receivit and admittit Gild-brother. 1690Def. Dr. G. Walker 12 Collonel..Walker..is admitted and received Burgess and Gild-Brother of the foresaid City of Glasgow. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 8 Aug., The ‘good town of Edinburgh’, of which we are become free denizens and guild brothers. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xx, Those who occupied the higher seats were merchants, that is, guild brethren. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 154 The Guild-brethren instead of the kindred, became responsible for the wergild. |