buildress

English

Etymology

From builder +‎ -ess.

Noun

buildress (plural buildresses)

  1. (rare, obsolete, nonstandard) A female builder.
    • 1896, “Hardwick”, in The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 9, page 514:
      At present it looks gaunt and dreary, as though the buildress had waited to welcome her Queen, and, waiting in vain, had left it unfinished.
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