guild-brothern.
A member of a guild.
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1382 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 57 Ye den xal..warnen alle ye gylde breyeren yt ben in toune.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 172 in Poems (1981) 10 The vther mous..Was gild brother and made ane fre burges.
1583 in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) 233 Alsweill Craftsmen as Merchands sall be receivit and admittit Gild-brother.
1690 Def. Dr. G. Walker 12 Collonel..Walker..is admitted and received Burgess and Gild-Brother of the foresaid City of Glasgow.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 230 The good town of Edinburgh, of which we are become free denizens and guild brothers.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 223 Those who occupied the higher seats were merchants, that is, guild brethren.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 154 The Guild-brethren instead of the kindred, became responsible for the wergild.
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