Ghib|el|line

Ghib|el|line
Ghib|el|line «GIHB uh lihn, -leen», noun, adjective.
–n.
a member of the imperial and aristocratic political party of medieval Italy, that supported the German emperors and was opposed to the Guelphs.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Ghibellines.
[< Italian Ghibellino < German Waiblingen, name of an estate owned by the imperial family]

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