Definition of "gilder" [gild•er•gil•der]

• A craftsman who works with gold and silver to artistically cover an object as in the gold leaf process. (noun)
• Alternative spelling of guilder. (noun)

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• "The gilder was a Chinese catechumen, and was very anxious to do it well; but he knew nothing of English letters, so each letter had to be cut in paper, and he traced it on the wooden panel."
• "Posted January 18, 2007 1: 35 PM jimbo writes: reference, please: george gilder: the end of scarcity, i believe."
• "Spend what remaining gilder you have not on the latest stock market good thing but on that new chanter you've always been promising yourself, that true chanter, that chanter which with luck will prove more precious than any Government bail out."