guild

IPA: gˈɪɫd

A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
A corporation.
(ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
(video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.
A surname.

Examples of "guild" in Sentences

The guild is self-governing, and masters theoretically have equal rights.
Some bozo who asked in guild chat, in which we are only permitted to speak ic, So what the!
Look here if you know how to display your mini pets in guild wars so you can transfer to gw 2?
It's hard to imagine, but maybe in this respect, the guild is actually doing right by the public at large.
The character of the master (the creative writing teacher), as in the medieval guild, is an indispensable element.
It requires a huge sacrifice to translate, and the subsuming of the individuals to the guild is fascinating and works well.
Oh, and I had an argument in guild chat about Han Solo and Greedo (Han shot first, you fools!), which is about as low as a nerd can sink.
LATER: Jay Rosen finds in this post by Jeff Bercovici the poster child of what he calls the guild mentality and what I call the clubbyness of journalism.