bridge-builder

See also: bridgebuilder and bridge builder

English

Alternative forms

• bridgebuilder, bridge builder

Etymology

From bridge +‎ builder.

Noun

bridge-builder (plural bridge-builders)

1. A builder of bridges.
2. (idiomatic) A person who establishes friendly relations between parties.
   • 2021 April 5, Laura Vozzella, “Charlottesville mayor says graphic poem illustrates Black experience in city”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots.

Related terms

• bridge-building
• build bridges

 

Translations

builder of bridges

• Dutch: bruggenbouwer (nl) m
• Finnish: sillanrakentaja (fi)
• Irish: tógálaí droichead m
• Polish: budowniczy mostów m

person who establishes friendly relations

• Dutch: bruggenbouwer (nl) m
• Finnish: sillanrakentaja (fi)
• French: médiateur (fr) m, facilitateur (fr) m
• Polish: mediator (pl) m

Further reading

• “bridge-builder”, in Collins English Dictionary.