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guil⋅der

[gil-der]
–noun
1. a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of the Netherlands, equal to 100 cents; florin. Abbreviation: Gld.,f.,fl.
2. a former gold coin of the Netherlands; florin.
3. the monetary unit of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname, equal to 100 cents.
4. the Austrian florin.
5. any of various gold coins formerly issued by German states.
Also, gilder.
Also called gulden.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME gilder, guldren, with intrusive r < MD gulden gulden
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guil·der   (gĭl'dər)   
n.  The primary unit of currency in the Netherlands before the adoption of the euro.

[Middle English gilder, alteration of Middle Dutch gulden, golden; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

guilder 
Du. coin, c.1481, from Du. gulden, lit. "golden."
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guilder

former monetary unit of The Netherlands. In 2002 the guilder ceased to be legal tender after the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union, became the country's sole currency.

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