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单词 housebuilder
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housebuildern.

Brit. /ˈhaʊsˌbɪldə/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌbɪldər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, builder n.
Etymology: < house n.1 + builder n. Compare earlier housebuilding n.
A person who builds a house or houses, esp. as a trade; a builder; (also) a firm which does this.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of houses
housera1400
housewright1549
house-raisera1639
housebuilder1681
homebuilder1855
1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iii. vi. 86 They employ no Carpenters, or house-builders, unless some few noble-men, but each one buildeth his own dwelling.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxiv. 27 [He]..descends to apply to his house-builder for assistance.
1794 Freemason's Mag. Sept. 236 Thomas Taylor, of Manchester, house-builder.
1842 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 191 We did not observe any green-heart, a wood much esteemed by shipwrights and housebuilders.
1895 Educat. Rev. (N.Y.) Sept. 158 A house-builder is not likely to excel as an architect.
1946 Life 70/3 Wills is adept at thinking up gadgets and tricks for the interior which save space and money for the housebuilder: snack bars, built-in dressing tables, doors that slide into walls.
1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iv. 96 To encourage private housebuilders, planning authorities were told no longer to impose any conditions of density or design on dwellings.
2000 Builder & Engineer July 11/1 The trickle of housebuilders leaving the stock market is threatening to turn into a torrent.

Compounds

housebuilder moth n. now rare any of several bagworm moths of the South and Central American genus Oiketicus (family Psychidae), whose adult females are wingless and do not emerge from the ‘bag’ of silk and plant detritus which housed them during the larval and pupal stages.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Psychidae > oiketicus sandersii
housebuilder moth1863
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 535 About five species of House-builder Moths are known.
1889 H. C. McCook Amer. Spiders I. xviii. 333 The house builder moth larva constructs her thatched domicile in order to cover its soft body.
1900 T. G. Gentry Intelligence Plants & Animals 126 The mature insect is spoken of as the House-builder Moth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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