guilder

UK: /ˈɡɪldə/ US: (gil′dər)

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guil•der  (gil′dər), n. 

1. Currency a silver or nickel coin and monetary unit of the Netherlands, equal to 100 cents;
   florin. Abbr.: Gld.,f.,fl.
2. Currency a former gold coin of the Netherlands;
   florin.
3. Currency the monetary unit of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname, equal to 100 cents.
4. Currency the Austrian florin.
5. Currency any of various gold coins formerly issued by German states.

Also, gilder. Also called gulden. 

• Middle Dutch gulden gulden
• late Middle English gilder, guldren, with intrusive r 1425–75

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guilder, gilder / ˈɡɪldə/gulden noun ( -ders, -der, -dens, -den)

1. Also called: florin the former standard monetary unit of the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents; replaced by the euro in 2002
2. any of various former gold or silver coins of Germany, Austria, or the Netherlands

Etymology: 15th Century: changed from Middle Dutch gulden, literally: golden