constructorn.
/kənˈstrʌktə/ 1. One who constructs, makes, or frames; one who designs the construction of a thing; spec. an officer charged with the supervision of construction for the navy.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > one who constructs
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > naval officials > [noun] > officials providing specific services
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purveyor1789
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > naval officer in supervision
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1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 103. ⁋9 A constructer of dials.
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Constructer, one who forms or constructs.
1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. ix. 152 Carleton was aided by constructors..from the fleet in the Saint Lawrence.
1885 Manch. Examiner 11 June 5/1 The constructors of the maps.
1889 Whitaker's Almanack 214 Naval Service..Constructive and Engineering Staff: Director of Naval Construction; Chief Constructors..Constructors.
1889 Whitaker's Almanack 230 Portsmouth Dockyard..Chief Constructor..Constructors.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > one who construes
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1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 50 Lest my owne relations of those hard euents might by some constructors be made doubtfull.
Derivatives
conˈstructorship n. the office or position of a (naval) constructor.
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1870 Times 21 Dec. Mr. Childers actually offered the Chief Constructorship to the designer of the Captain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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