Builder

Builder
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]


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