(grammar) Also called qualifier. a word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another word; for example, the noun alarm is a modifier of clock in alarm clock and the phrase every day is an adverbial modifier of walks in he walks every day.
Definition of guild. 1  1 : an association of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially : a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen. 2  2 : a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way a feeding guild.
trade union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; you have to join the union in order to get a job. labor union, trades union, union, brotherhood. organization, organisation - a group of people who work together. industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft. craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft.