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goulden

goulden is the obsolete form of golden.

Meaning of golden

Adjective

golden (comparative more golden or goldener, superlative most golden or goldenest)

  1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
    • She wore a golden crown.
  2. Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
    • Under a golden sun.
    Synonyms:
    goldish § Synonyms
  3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
  4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
    • The Renaissance was a golden era.
  5. Advantageous or very favourable.
    • This is a golden opportunity
  6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
    • It's not long until our golden wedding.

See all 31 meanings of golden

Proper noun capitalized: Goulden

Goulden (plural Gouldens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of goulden

Adjective
comparativemore goulden
superlativemost goulden
Proper noun
pluralGouldens

Origin of goulden

Variant of Golden.

Questions about goulden

What does goulden mean?
Goulden means a surname.
What is goulden the obsolete form of?
Goulden is the obsolete form of golden.
What part of speech is goulden?
Goulden is a proper noun.

Words near goulden in the dictionary

  1. Gould's razor shell
  2. Gould's razor shells
  3. Gould's sequence
  4. Gould-Jacobs reaction
  5. Gould-Jacobs reactions
  6. goulden
  7. Gouldens
  8. Goulder
  9. Gouldian
  10. Gouldian finch
  11. Gouldian finches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goulden (page history and authors); Goulden (page history and authors); golden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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