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| craft |
those collectively occupied in a trade, skilled labor, or profession; guild. [1/7 definitions] |
| guildhall |
the hall where a guild or corporation meets; town hall. |
| guildsman |
a member of a guild. |
| Hansa |
a medieval merchants' guild. [1/2 definitions] |
| Meistersinger |
a member of a medieval German guild organized for the cultivation of music and poetry. |
| Ronald Reagan |
the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) and 33rd Governor of California (1967-1975), who had an earlier career as a film actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild. President Reagan worked to end the Cold War and to improve U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; born Ronald Wilson Reagan (b.1911--d.2004). |
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