constructorn.

/kənˈstrʌktə/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s -er.

Etymology: noun of action on Latin type < construct n.: = medieval Latin constructor, modern French constructeur.

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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > one who constructs

maker1297

artificer1533

artifex1605

constructor1751

fabricant1756

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > naval officials > [noun] > officials providing specific services

agent-victualler1769

purveyor1789

constructor1866

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > naval officer in supervision

constructor1866

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.

†2. One who construes or interprets. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > one who construes

construerc1440

interpreter1531

constructor1616

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.

ΚΠ

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).

单词	constructor
释义	constructorn. /kənˈstrʌktə/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s -er. Etymology: noun of action on Latin type < construct n.: = medieval Latin constructor, modern French constructeur. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > one who constructs maker1297 artificer1533 artifex1605 constructor1751 fabricant1756 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > naval officials > [noun] > officials providing specific services agent-victualler1769 purveyor1789 constructor1866 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > naval officer in supervision constructor1866 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. †2. One who construes or interprets. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > one who construes construerc1440 interpreter1531 constructor1616 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1616
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