Master Builder Definition & Meaning

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Synonyms master builder American

noun

1. a building contractor.

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

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

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“Hedda Gabler” marks the end of Ibsen’s great stretch of realism and paves the way for his late symbolist period, which includes the masterpieces “The Master Builder” and “When We Dead Awaken.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

• artist
• builder
• creator
• designer
• engineer
• inventor
• planner

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