Meaning

noun a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

noun a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country

noun someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

originEtymology 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…

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