[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

golden \gold"en\ g=old"'n, a. oe. golden; cf. oe. gulden,
   as. gylden, from gold. see gold, and cf. guilder.
   1913 webster
   1. made of gold; consisting of gold.
      1913 webster

   2. having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
      1913 webster

   3. very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
      auspicious; as, golden opinions.
      1913 webster

   golden age.
      a the fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
          manners in rural employments, followed by the silver
          age, bronze age, and iron age. --dryden.
      b roman literature the best part b. c. 81 -- a. d.
          14 of the classical period of latinity; the time when
          cicero, caesar, virgil, etc., wrote. hence:
      c that period in the history of a literature, etc., when
          it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
          greatest glory; as, the elizabethan age has been
          considered the golden age of english literature.

   golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
      pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
      coat of arms of lombardy, the first money lenders in
      london having been lombards.

   golden bull. see under bull, an edict.

   golden chain bot., the shrub cytisus laburnum, so named
      from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.

   golden club bot., an aquatic plant orontium
      aquaticum, bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
      flowers.

   golden cup bot., the buttercup.

   golden eagle zool., a large and powerful eagle aquila
      chrysa"etos inhabiting europe, asia, and north
      america. it is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
      the feathers on the head and neck. a dark variety is
      called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
      the ring-tailed eagle.

   golden fleece.
      a mythol. the fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
          from the ram that bore phryxus through the air to
          colchis, and in quest of which jason undertook the
          argonautic expedition.
      b her. an order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
          philip the good, duke of burgundy; -- called also
          toison d'or.

   golden grease, a bribe; a fee. slang

   golden hair bot., a south african shrubby composite plant
      with golden yellow flowers, the chrysocoma coma-aurea.
      

   golden horde hist., a tribe of mongolian tartars who
      overran and settled in southern russia early in the 18th
      century.

   golden legend, a hagiology the "aurea legenda" written by
      james de voragine, archbishop of genoa, in the 13th
      century, translated and printed by caxton in 1483, and
      partially paraphrased by longfellow in a poem thus
      entitled.

   golden marcasite tin. obs.

   golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
      sufficiency without excess; moderation.
      1913 webster

            angels guard him in the golden mean.  --pope.

   golden mole zool, one of several south african
      insectivora of the family chrysochloridae, resembling
      moles in form and habits. the fur is tinted with green,
      purple, and gold.

   golden number chronol., a number showing the year of the
      lunar or metonic cycle. it is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
      is so called from having formerly been written in the
      calendar in gold.

   golden oriole. zool. see oriole.

   golden pheasant. see under pheasant.

   golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
      

   golden plover zool., one of several species of plovers,
      of the genus charadrius, esp. the european charadrius
      apricarius, syn. charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
      yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
      and whistling plover. the common american species
      charadrius dominicus is also called frostbird, and
      bullhead.

   golden robin. zool. see baltimore oriole, in vocab.

   golden rose r. c. ch., a gold or gilded rose blessed by
      the pope on the fourth sunday in lent, and sent to some
      church or person in recognition of special services
      rendered to the holy see.

   golden rule.
      a the rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
          cf. --luke vi. 31.
      b the rule of proportion, or rule of three.

   golden samphire bot., a composite plant inula
      crithmoides, found on the seashore of europe.

   golden saxifrage bot., a low herb with yellow flowers
      chrysosplenium oppositifolium, blossoming in wet
      places in early spring.

   golden seal bot., a perennial ranunculaceous herb
      hydrastis canadensis, with a thick knotted rootstock
      and large rounded leaves.

   golden sulphide of antimony, or golden sulphuret of
   antimony chem., the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
      orange yellow powder.

   golden warbler zool., a common american wood warbler
      dendroica aestiva; -- called also blue-eyed yellow
      warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.

   golden wasp zool., a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
      of the family chrysididae. the colors are golden,
      blue, and green.

   golden wedding. see under wedding.
      1913 webster
see also:
gold guilder golden age silver age bronze age iron age 
golden balls golden bull bull golden chain cytisus laburnum 
golden club orontium aquaticum golden cup golden eagle aquila chrysa"etos 
royal eagle ring-tailed eagle golden fleece toison d'or golden grease 
golden hair chrysocoma coma-aurea golden horde golden legend golden marcasite 
golden mean golden mole chrysochloridae golden number golden oriole 
oriole golden pheasant pheasant golden pippin golden plover 
charadrius charadrius apricarius charadrius pluvialis yellow plover black-breasted plover 
hill plover whistling plover charadrius dominicus frostbird bullhead 
golden robin baltimore oriole golden rose golden rule golden samphire 
inula crithmoides golden saxifrage chrysosplenium oppositifolium golden seal hydrastis canadensis 
golden sulphide of antimony golden sulphuret of antimony golden warbler dendroica aestiva blue-eyed yellow warbler 
garden warbler summer yellow bird golden wasp chrysididae golden wedding 
wedding 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

golden
     adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
            aureate or golden hair"; "a gold carpet" syn: aureate,
             gilded, gilt, gold
     2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
        days of the clipper trade" syn: halcyon, prosperous
     3: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
        of the capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" syn: gold,
         gilded
     4: supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all
        must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" syn: favored,
         fortunate
     5: suggestive of gold; "a golden voice"
     6: very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity" syn:
         favorable
see also:
aureate gilded gilt gold halcyon prosperous 
favored fortunate favorable 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

211 moby thesaurus words for "golden":
   achingly sweet, advantageous, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
   appealing, ariose, arioso, aureate, auric, auriferous, aurous,
   auspicious, beige, benign, benignant, beyond price, blessed,
   blissful, blond, brass, brassy, brazen, bright, brilliant, bronze,
   bronzy, buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, canorous,
   cantabile, catchy, cherished, citron, citron-yellow, copper,
   coppery, cream, creamy, cupreous, cuprous, dazzling, dear,
   delightful, divine, dulcet, ecru, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous,
   excellent, exceptional, exquisite, exuberant, fair, fallow,
   favorable, favored, favoring, favorite, ferrous, ferruginous,
   fertile, fine-toned, flaxen, flourishing, fortunate,
   full of promise, gifted, gilded, gilt, gilt-edged, gleaming,
   glittering, glorious, glowing, gold, gold-colored, gold-filled,
   gold-plated, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, good as gold,
   halcyon, happy, heavenly, honeyed, immense, inestimable,
   invaluable, iron, ironlike, joyful, joyous, lead, leaden, lemon,
   lemon-yellow, liquid, lucky, lustrous, luteolous, lutescent,
   magnificent, marvelous, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous,
   mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mercurial, mercurous,
   music-flowing, music-like, musical, nickel, nickelic, nickeline,
   ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry,
   of good omen, of great price, of happy portent, of promise,
   opportune, optimistic, or, outstanding, palmy, pet, pewter,
   pewtery, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, precious, priceless,
   primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, productive, promising,
   propitious, prosperous, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, rich,
   rosy, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow,
   sand-colored, sandy, sensational, shining, shiny, silver,
   silver-plated, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced,
   silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sparkling, special,
   splendid, splendiferous, steel, steely, sterling, straw,
   straw-colored, successful, sunny, super, superb, supereminent,
   superexcellent, superfine, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding,
   talented, terrific, thriving, tin, tinny, tremendous, tunable,
   tuneful, valuable, white-haired, wonderful, worthy, xanthic,
   xanthous, yellow, yellowish

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

golden adj. prob. from folklore's `golden egg' when used to describe
   a magnetic medium e.g., `golden disk', `golden tape', describes one
   containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version. compare
   platinum-iridium. one may also "go gold", which is the act of
   releasing a golden version. the gold color of many cdroms is a
   coincidence; this term was well established a decade before cdrom
   distribution become common in the mid-1990s.


see also:
platinum-iridium 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

golden
     
        probabaly from folklore's "golden egg" when used to describe
        a magnetic medium e.g. "golden disk", "golden tape",
        describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship
        software version.  compare platinum-iridium.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
platinum-iridium jargon file 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

golden, co city, fips 30835
  location: 39.73887 n, 105.21550 w
  population 1990: 13116 5825 housing units
  area: 19.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 80401, 80403
golden, il village, fips 30159
  location: 40.10973 n, 91.01841 w
  population 1990: 565 258 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 62339
golden, mo
  zip codes: 65658
golden, ms town, fips 27940
  location: 34.48519 n, 88.18612 w
  population 1990: 202 96 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 38847

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

golden, co -- u.s. city in colorado
   population 2000:    17159
   housing units 2000: 7146
   land area 2000:     9.006834 sq. miles 23.327593 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.004024 sq. miles 0.010421 sq. km
   total area 2000:    9.010858 sq. miles 23.338014 sq. km
   fips code:            30835
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             39.746837 n, 105.210911 w
   zip codes 1990:     80401 80403
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    golden, co
    golden

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

golden, il -- u.s. village in illinois
   population 2000:    629
   housing units 2000: 280
   land area 2000:     0.628440 sq. miles 1.627652 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.628440 sq. miles 1.627652 sq. km
   fips code:            30159
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             40.109772 n, 91.018548 w
   zip codes 1990:     62339
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    golden, il
    golden

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

golden, ms -- u.s. town in mississippi
   population 2000:    201
   housing units 2000: 106
   land area 2000:     0.567422 sq. miles 1.469617 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.567422 sq. miles 1.469617 sq. km
   fips code:            27940
   located within:       mississippi ms, fips 28
   location:             34.487217 n, 88.187427 w
   zip codes 1990:     38847
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    golden, ms
    golden

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