Guelph, Guelf (?), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] Hist.

One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.

 

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