castlebuilder

English

Alternative forms

castle-builder

Etymology

From castle +‎ builder.

Noun

castlebuilder (plural castlebuilders)

1. (literal) Someone who builds castles.

   Synonym: castlewright

2. (figurative) Someone who builds castles in the air; someone who has overly visionary aspirations
3. Synallaxis albescens, a bird that constructs a spherical nest of sticks.

Related terms

• castlebuilding

References

• “castlebuilder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.