reconstructorn.
/ˌriːkənˈstrʌktə/, U.S. /ˌrikənˈstrəktər/ A person who reconstructs (in various senses).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > one who
reforger1548
re-edifiera1552
rebuilder1636
reproducer1774
reconstructor1841
remaker1841
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > reconstruction > one who or that which
reconstructor1841
reconstructive1851
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > one who imagines > the past
reconstructor1882
reconstructionist1949
1841 Times 23 Nov. 4/2 The mistake..of forcing such persons forward as re-constructors for the civil and religious institutions of the country.
1871 Daily News 25 Sept. Perhaps the reconstructors of the statue in 1821 were led away by these signs of portraiture.
1882 G. Matheson in Expositor Aug. 137 He was no innovator on the national faith; he was rather the reconstructor and restorer of that faith.
1941 C. Williams-Ellis Let. in Times 3 Jan. 5/5 Far more exhaustive working drawings could probably be handed to the reconstructor than were ever given to the original builder.
1978 Earl Mountbatten Jrnl. 3 Mar. (1989) 374 Professor Martin had told us he was the greatest Egyptologist reconstructor in the world.
1992 ENT News May 20/1 In this article the authors report a technique in ossiculoplasty where the reconstructor is faced with the difficult problem of the absent stapes superstructure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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