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gul⋅den

[gool-dn]
–noun, plural -dens, -den.
guilder.

Origin:
1590–1600; < D gulden (florijin) golden (florin)

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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gul·den   (gōōl'dən, gŏŏl'-)   
n.   pl. gul·dens or gulden
A guilder.

[Middle English, from Dutch gulden (florijn), golden (florin), from Middle Dutch; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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