(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.
A craft or trade is a pastime or a profession that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small-scale production of goods, or their maintenance, for example by tinkers. The traditional terms craftsman and craftswoman are nowadays often replaced by artisan and rarely by craftsperson. Historically, the more specialized crafts with high value products tended to conce