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Constructor

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con·struct  (kn-strkt)
tr.v. con·struct·ed, con·struct·ing, con·structs
1. To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
2. To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
3. Mathematics To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements.
n. (knstrkt)
1. Something formed or constructed from parts.
2.
a. A concept, model, or schematic idea: a theoretical construct of the atom.
b. A concrete image or idea: "[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work" Stephen Koch.

[Latin cnstruere, cnstrct- : com-, com- + struere, to pile up; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]

con·structi·ble adj.
con·structor, con·structer n.
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Noun1.constructor - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
boatbuilder - a person who builds boats
contractor - someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
contractor - (law) a party to a contract
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

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As an inventor and constructor of machines I know that to be true.
Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
 
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