guild
Craftsmen's mutual organization
A guild is an organized group of people who share a common trade, craft, or pursuit.
Historically, guilds were associations of craftsmen or merchants who set standards, regulated training through apprenticeships, and protected their members' economic interests.
Medieval Europe had powerful guilds of weavers, blacksmiths, and other tradespeople.
The term now applies more broadly to any professional association or, in gaming, to groups of players who band together for cooperative play: Our guild raids every Thursday night.
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
charter · livery · warden · hall · merchant · artisan · burgher · monopoly
Group with shared aim
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- unionJoining into one
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · order · fraternity · chapter · membership · dues · charter · standards
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- goldsmithPrecious metal artisan
- silversmithMaker of silver objects
weaver · tailor · mason · carpenter · cooper · tanner · dyer · glazier
One who sells wares
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
marketplace · import · export · apprentice · contract · license · quality · standards
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
tradesman · charter · livery · warden · hall · merchant · artisan · burgher · monopoly · regulation
association
Group with shared aim
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- unionJoining into one
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
brotherhood · sisterhood · order · fraternity · chapter · membership · dues · charter · standards · certification
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- goldsmithPrecious metal artisan
silversmith · weaver · tailor · mason · carpenter · cooper · tanner · dyer · glazier · potter
merchant
One who sells wares
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
pricing · marketplace · import · export · apprentice · contract · license · quality · standards · wholesale
raid
Sudden armed incursion
recruitment · officer · loot · dungeon · alliance · faction · PvP · co-op · multiplayer · MMO
- Fictional Groupsbrotherhood, order, legion, league, cult
- RenaissanceLeonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Mona Lisa
- Arts Groupsarts council, art league, collective, cooperative, association
- Baltic tradeLubeck, Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Riga
- guildslivery companies, apprentice, master, journeyman, master craftsman
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
guilddisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
chaos · disorder · anarchy · disarray · disarrangement
guildindividual
One separate human being
loner · aloneness · independent contractor · sole proprietor · soloist
guildindustrial union
Labor organization by industry
labor union · trade union · factory system · free market · open shop
- guild meetingsGatherings of professional organizations
- guild hallCraftsmen's association headquarters
- medieval guildsCraftsmen's professional associations
- writer's guildProfessional scribes' organization
- Screen Actors GuildEntertainment industry labor union
- craft guildAssociation of skilled tradespeople
guilds, guilder, guildhall, guildsman, guildsmen, guildhalls, guildmaster