guilder UK /ˈɡɪldə/US /ˈɡɪldɚ/ noun3 •The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.[N]one shall be chosen to be a Commissioner in the Court at Amsterdam, vnlesse he put six thousand gilders stocke of his owne in the said Companie; [...] — 1621 •The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents. •The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents. formsguilders