mound builder

a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.

Origin of Mound Builder

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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How to use mound builder in a sentence

Scans of many of these have been amassed by Vieira on his Facebook page, Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient.
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And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.
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Of course, the prevailing mythos presents high school football as the ultimate builder of character.
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Yezidis play a sort of basketball game here, balling cloth up and tossing it onto the top of the mound.
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Here Luqman also pointed out a curious structure, a mound rising on the side of the wall in front of all the urns.
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On three sides the surrounding ground rose steeply, forming an irregular horseshoe mound that opened to the west.
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Mr. Willis gained a wide and deservedly high reputation as the builder of many Cathedral organs—upwards of sixteen.
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The writer saw this organ in the builder's factory in London before it was shipped to Sydney.
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The builder himself will, in all probability, be obliged to rest contented with the consciousness of his talent.
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He means the builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building.-Ibid.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mound builder (1 of 2)

mound-builder

noun

another name for megapode

British Dictionary definitions for mound builder (2 of 2)

Mound Builder

noun

a member of a group of prehistoric inhabitants of the Mississippi region who built altar-mounds, tumuli, etc

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