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buildresses

buildresses is the plural of buildress.

Meaning of buildress

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

Questions about buildresses

What is buildresses the plural of?
Buildresses is the plural of buildress.

Words near buildresses in the dictionary

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

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