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Gilden vs Gilder - What's the difference?

gilden | gilder |

As an adjective gilden

is golden; made of gold.

As a noun gilder is

one who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

gilden

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Golden; made of gold.

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    gilder

    English

    (wikipedia gilder)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

    • Etymology 2

    variant of guilder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon)
  • * 1743 , A Description of Holland , page 103/H4:
    • [...] worth as much as a Dutch'' Gilder , or about 21 Pence ''English .
  • * 1959 , Alec Waugh, Love and the Caribbean , page 263:
    • On both sides they will confuse you by explaining that the Dutch gilder is the currency they prefer.
  • * 2002 , Georges de Menil, Economic Policy (ISBN 1-405-10537-2), page 556:
    • [...] i.e. the 11 'legacy' currencies replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999 (Portuguese escudo, Belgian and Luxembourg franc, French franc, Dutch gilder , Italian lira, [...]).

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