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CONSTRUCTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

builder; constructor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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