Guelph


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Guelph /gwɛlf/
noun
  • 1 a member of one of two great factions in Italian medieval politics, traditionally supporting the Pope against the Holy Roman emperor and his supporters, the Ghibellines.
  • 2 a member of a German princely family from which the British royal house is descended.
– derivatives
Guelphic adjective.
– origin from Ital. Guelfo, from Mid. High Ger. Welf, the name of the founder of the Guelph faction.
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