guilder

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[Footnote 84: Twenty stivers made one florin or guilder, and three guilders one ducat.] _18th, Tuesday.

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  1. noun See Table at currency.
  2. noun The primary unit of currency in the Netherlands before the adoption of the euro.

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  • “You saw it coming when the constable knocked on the impressive sculptured door of your million-guilder mansion.” Willem waved the figure away. —  Hard Rain - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 11
  • She left me some months ago now and her lawyers are squeezing me and my lawyers are having a lovely time, writing lots of little notes at a guilder a word Any children One, but not mine. —  Death of a Hawker - Janwillem van de Wetering- Grijpstra-De Gier 04
  • He left a ten-guilder note near the register and danced out of the store Weedeeho. —  The Mind Murders - van de Wetering, Janwillem - Grijpstra-deGier 08
  • Titania took out a ten-guilder note and gave it to Grijpstra. —  The Mind Murders - van de Wetering, Janwillem - Grijpstra-deGier 08
  • “Beeches are thousand-guilder notes A little grabby?” asked de Gier. —  The Rattle-Rat - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijstra-de Gier 10
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  1. Middle English gilder, alteration of Middle Dutch gulden, golden; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.
 

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/ˈgɪldər/
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