Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Golden

Golden (gōld"'n) , adjective

[Old English golden; compare Old English gulden, Anglo-Saxon gylden, from gold. See Gold, and compare Guilder.]

1.
Made of gold; consisting of gold.
2.
Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
3.
Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
Angels guard him in the golden mean. — Pope