builder
n. countablen. a person whose job is to construct or repair houses and other buildings. You hire them when you need to add a room or fix a roof.
n. a person or company that constructs, repairs, or renovates buildings as a profession.
The builder finishes the new house next week.
We hired a local builder to renovate our kitchen and install new windows throughout the ground floor.
The master builder oversaw every aspect of the cathedral's construction, from the initial foundation work to the intricate masonry of the high arches.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Latin -ariusbor. 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”).
Commonly used in British English where American English might prefer 'contractor' or 'construction worker'.