CONSTRUCTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does constructor mean? 

• CONSTRUCTOR (noun)
  The noun CONSTRUCTOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

  Familiarity information: CONSTRUCTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSTRUCTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

builder; constructor

Hypernyms ("constructor" is a kind of...):

contractor ((law) a party to a contract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "constructor"):

boatbuilder (a person who builds boats)

contractor (someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things)

home-builder; homebuilder; house-builder; housebuilder (someone who builds houses as a business)

jerry-builder (someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit)

road builder (someone whose business is to build roads)

ship builder; shipbuilder (a person who builds ships as a business)

Derivation:

construct (make by combining materials and parts)

 Context examples 

If the chief constructor of the Navy desired to consult them, even he was forced to go to the Woolwich office for the purpose.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)