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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;
- Example: "empire builder"

3. someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building);
[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]