buildress

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noun

A female builder.

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Meanings

nounbuildress (plural buildresses)

plural buildresses

  1. nonstandardobsoleterareA 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

Origin

From builder + -ess.

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Cite this entry
APA

buildress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buildress

MLA

“buildress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buildress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buildress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buildress.

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