[syn: builder, constructor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Builder \Build"er\, n.
One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a
carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
[1913 Webster]
In the practice of civil architecture, the builder
comes between the architect who designs the work and
the artisans who execute it. --Eng. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
builder
n 1: a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their
cleansing action [syn: builder, detergent builder]
2: a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops
a country; "empire builder"
3: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of
a building) [syn: builder, constructor]