housewright

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Noun

1. A person who [[build|builds]] and [[repair|repairs]] [[house|houses]], especially [[wooden]] houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a [[craftsman]] who cut [[timber|timber]] (like a [[lumberjack]]) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then [[saw|sawed]] it into [[plank|planks]], and finally [[joint#Verb|jointed]] and assembled them (like a [[carpenter]]).

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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