guilder

noun

1. The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

   “[N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]”

   “On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.”

2. The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
3. The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
4. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”).

   “A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale.”