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builder

/ˈbɪl.dəɹ/

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What does builder mean?

noun

  1. One who builds or constructs things.
  2. Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  3. Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (rare) Clipping of bodybuilder.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɪl.dəɹ/

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He began business as a builder on his own account at Colchester, where by frugality and industry he secured a competency.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
Just how to distribute the weight of the planes is a matter which must be left to the ingenuity of the builder.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907
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Unless the demand is such as to afford the builder his profit, after paying all expenses, he will build no more houses.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Should it need to be carried deeper, to be pushed in new directions, the builder has but to extend it at will.
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
Hundreds of workmen may contribute to the building of a locomotive, but one man, not a builder, knows better how to handle it.
James Slough ZerbeAeroplanesProject Gutenberg ebook #1445