buildress

English

Etymology

builder +‎ -ess

Noun

buildress (plural buildresses)

1. (rare, obsolete, nonstandard) A female builder.
   • 1896, “Hardwick”, in The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 9, page 514:

     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.