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master builder

mas·ter build·er (plural mas·ter build·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
builder: an especially accomplished builder, especially one licensed to employ others as labor ( sometimes considered offensive )


Cultural Note

The Master Builder, a play (1845) by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Typical of Ibsen's more symbolic later works, it is the story of a successful architect, Halvard Solness, who is disturbed by his continued good fortune and fearful that he will eventually have to pay a price for it. His search for redemption eventually leads to his own death.

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