guild

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guild /ɡɪld/ noun [countable]  SSOan organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests 行会；同业公会；协会 the Women’s Guild 妇女协会

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guild• The townsmen developed no organizational bases comparable to those of Western cities, no craft guilds or town councils.• Many Cheyenne women belonged to a housewives' guild, which taught domestic arts and decoration.• Much of this bore the unmistakable stamp of guild thought and policy.• Strictly speaking this information was superfluous; at Coventry it was inserted perhaps with a view to recording guild affiliations.• the writer's guild• But that debate revealed a wide gulf between the guild of academic historians and the public.• The guilds worked both for the local market and for distant trade.Origin guild (1300-1400) Old Norse gildi “payment, guild”

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guild /ɡɪld/ noun [countable]an organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests:
    the Women’s Guild

guildBrE /ɡɪld/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɪld/ 🔊 noun [countable + singular or plural verb] an organization of people who do the same job or who have the same interests or aims （同一行业、志趣或目的的）协会◆the Screen Actors' Guild影视演员协会an association of skilled workers in the Middle Ages （中世纪的）行会，同业公会