builder

Meaning

  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.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare) Clipping of bodybuilder.

Frequency

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

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Latin -ariusbor. 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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