builder

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English byldere English builder From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

1. One who builds or constructs things.
2. Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
3. Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.

   “To cut coding time and to insure maintainability of the algorithms, an "algorithm builder tool" was constructed.”

   “A map builder uses map layers from several sources and adds data to make a custom map.”

4. Clipping of bodybuilder.

   “In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.”