contractor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
  2. noun the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
    declarer.
  3. noun (law) a party to a contract
  4. noun a bodily organ that contracts
    contractile organ.

WordNet


Con*tract"or noun
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913