builder

Meaning

  1. A person who builds or constructs things.
  2. Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  3. A bodybuilder.
  4. Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of automated output.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪl.də/
Etymology

From Middle English byldere, buyldere, perhaps dissimilated (with change of suffix) from Old English bylda (“builder”), equivalent to build + -er. Compare also Old English bȳtla (“hammerer, builder”).

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