(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.
an association of men or women belonging to the same class or engaged in the same industry, profession, interested in the same leisure, literary, or other pursuit, etc. See also association, fraternity. Used also in such forms as Townwomenâs Guild, Guild of Woodworkers, etc.