3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

builder

noun

1: a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action [syn: {detergent builder}]

2: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) [syn: {constructor}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Builder \Build"er\, noun One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.

In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. --Eng. Cyc.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "builder": ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, barber, beautician, begetter, beginner, brazier, bricklayer, cabinetmaker, carpenter, carver, chandler, conceiver, constructor, contractor, cooper, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, electrician, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, farmhand, father, fitter, forger, founder, fuller, gas fitter, generator, glassblower, glazer, glazier, grower, hairdresser, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, lather, machinist, maker, manicurist, manufacturer, mason, master, master craftsman, mechanic, miller, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, plumber, potter, precursor, prime mover, producer, puttier, raiser, realizer, rigger, roofer, saddler, shaper, sire, smith, spinner, steeplejack, stonecutter, stonemason, tanner, tinker, tinner, turner, upholsterer, weaver, welder, woodcutter, wrecker, wright

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