contractor

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contractor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

contractor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: contractor,
         declarer]
      3: (law) a party to a contract
      4: a bodily organ that contracts [syn: contractile organ,
         contractor]