master builder

American  

noun

1. a building contractor.

2. a person skilled in the art of building; architect.

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master builder British  

noun

1. a person skilled in the design and construction of buildings, esp before the foundation of the profession of architecture

2. a self-employed builder who employs labour

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Etymology

Origin of master builder

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

Colorful characters abound: the master builder Robert Moses, the imperious Francis Cardinal Spellman, the labor leader “Red Mike” Quill, the civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin, the budding black politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the columnist Walter Winchell, the New York Post owner Dorothy Schiff, the seedy leader of American Nazis Fritz Kuhn, Frank Sinatra and many, many others.

From The Wall Street Journal

Johnson is a master builder of fictive worlds.

From Los Angeles Times

Hilde goes on to appear in one of Ibsen's later plays, The Master Builder, a new adaptation of which is coincidentally also currently in the West End, starring Ewan McGregor.

From BBC

The Scottish actor, who has starred in Trainspotting and Moulin Rouge, is set to star in My Master Builder in London's West End between April and July next year.

From BBC

Inspired by Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder, the new show is written by US playwright Lila Raicek and will be directed by Michael Grandage.

From BBC

Related Words

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