builder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person whose job is to construct or repair buildings

   The builders finished our new kitchen last week.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who creates or develops something, such as a business or organization

   He was the builder of a vast business empire.

3. 3
   noun

   A piece of software that lets users create a particular kind of output

   I used a website builder to make my online shop.

Common collocations

• morale builder Noun + noun
• empire builder Noun + noun

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English byldere English builder From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

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