Definition of "gilders" [gilders]

• Plural form of gilder. (noun)

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• "Welshman is Jan Vanwelt, and the gilders were the cattle he has sent in, as a part-payment beforehand of my guerdon. ""
• "He was probably chosen not by Du Barry but by the architect, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, as just one of the bevy of highly skilled craftsmen wood sculptors, bronze casters, gilders needed to realize the luxurious interiors."
• "By nature, fancypants chefs are obsessive, compulsive tinkerers and lily-gilders."