Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contractor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contractor \Con*tract"or\, n. [L.]
One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who
covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who
contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a
certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a
railroad.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contractor
n 1: someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
2: the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding
and can declare which suit is to be trumps [syn: {declarer}]
3: (law) a party to a contract
4: a bodily organ that contracts [syn: {contractile organ}]
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