Buildress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female builder. nonstandard, obsolete, rare

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From builder + -ess.

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