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Guelph

 
Dictionary: Guelph2  Guelf (gwĕlf) pronunciation
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n.
A member of a strong faction in medieval Italy that supported the power of the pope and the city-states in a struggle against the German emperors and the Ghibellines.

[Italian Guelfo, from Middle High German Welf, name of the founder of a German princely family.]


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