constructor
Americannoun
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a person or thing that builds.
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a person or company engaged in the construction business.
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a person who devises crossword puzzles.
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But feeding the Barbary macaques is "not a great idea, because you can hurt them, because you give them anything", added the constructor designer.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Brown has called for the rules on what constitutes a customer team to be reconsidered, to reinforce that philosophy that each team should be an independent constructor.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
The Leclerc finish helped Ferrari cut its deficit to Mercedes to four points for second in the constructor championship heading into next week’s finale at Abu Dhabi.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
The Leclerc finish helped Ferrari cut its deficit to Mercedes to four points for second in the constructor championship headed into next week’s finale at Abu Dhabi.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The other heads of departments are the ordnance officer, the naval constructor, the engineering officer, the general storekeeper, the paymaster of the yard, the surgeon and the civil engineer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Not for constructors like India-born Mangesh Ghogre, who came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa to make puzzles and who cleverly works Indian themes into his grids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Max Verstappen won the driver championship with six races remaining on the schedule, and Red Bull locked up the constructors title even earlier.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
He is a deserved third in the drivers' championship and his Aston Martin team second in the constructors'.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
So have union locals representing firefighters, ironworkers, elevator constructors, plumbers and electricians.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
And the modern road does not more surpass the ancient in the science of its constructors, than in the objects for which it has been planned and executed.
From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham
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