Definitions
someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
Word origin
From Middle English gilder (“gilder; goldsmith”) [and other forms], from gilden (“to cover with gilding, gild; to decorate with gold”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”)) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns, especially the names of persons engaged in professions or trades); analysable as gild + -er.
Used in a sentence
“The leather gilders lay a Couch of water and whites of eggs on the leather, before they apply the leaf gold or ſilver.”
“He was a painter and gilder. [...] Now could the poor gilder no longer get paid by his employers.”
“Charles Shaw was born in Tunstall, in the Potteries, in 1832, the son of a skilled painter and gilder in the pottery trade who lost this well-paid job through victimization after a strike.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Gold-leaf applier”6 letters
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