The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HANSES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1989.
Medieval merchant guilds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HANSES | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Medieval merchant guilds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hansa
- hanse
- guild
- company
- trust
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- craft
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- union
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- master
Crossword Answer definitions
HANSES noun- A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I.
- The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies.
- A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages.
- The Hanseatic League: a commercial association of German towns in the Middle Ages.
- The guildhall of a Hanse.
- A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.
- That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
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