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buildress

buildress noun: a female builder.

Noun

buildress (plural buildresses)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, rare) A female builder.
    • 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.1896, “Hardwick”, in The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 9, page 514

Forms of buildress

pluralbuildresses

Origin of buildress

From builder + -ess.

Questions about buildress

What does buildress mean?
Buildress means a female builder.
What part of speech is buildress?
Buildress is a noun.
What is the plural of buildress?
The plural of buildress is buildresses.

Words near buildress in the dictionary

  1. buildingworkers
  2. buildout
  3. buildouts
  4. buildplate
  5. buildplates
  6. buildress
  7. buildresses
  8. builds
  9. builds a better mousetrap
  10. builds a case
  11. builds air castles

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