guild-master

A full member of a guild, a master within, not a head of a guild.

Engels's own explanation, added to the 1888 English edition. A guild was an association of craftsmen in one trade that controlled who could practise it.

Frederick Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party, English edition, note by Engels, 1888

Forms in the original

guild-master (sg)
guild-masters (pl)

Renderings in plain English

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guild-master project default

Why: Historical term with no exact modern equivalent. Kept as written; the term card explains it.

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