builder

From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er.^[1] By surface analysis, build +‎ -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.də/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl.dəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪldə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: build‧er

builder (plural builders)

1. One who builds or constructs things.

   Synonym: constructor

   Synonyms: destroyer, wrecker

2. (trade) 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.
   • 1987, Proceedings, International Foundation for Telemetering Conference - Volume 23, page 287:

     To cut coding time and to insure maintainability of the algorithms, an "algorithm builder tool" was constructed.

   • 1999, Michael Zeiler, Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design, page 46:

     A map builder uses map layers from several sources and adds data to make a custom map.

   • 2013, David Feldman, Jason Himmelstein, Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint, page 217:

     Many users may find this easier to use as each field is clearly displayed and the user interface provides a formula builder and a Check formula function.

4. (rare, bodybuilding) Clipping of bodybuilder.
   • 1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, chapter 4, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder:

     In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.

• building worker
• construction worker

• rebuild