"livery company" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: livery companies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} livery company (plural livery companies)
  1. A guild of the City of London, some now incorporated and taking part in local government. Wikipedia link: livery company
    Sense id: en-livery_company-en-noun-uvXs6seo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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