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Contractor
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation.
Noun
- 1 A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
- 2 a bodily organ that contracts wordnet
- 3 A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
- 4 someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things wordnet
- 5 A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
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- 6 (law) a party to a contract wordnet
- 7 A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
"It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains."
- 8 the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.
Etymology 2
From contractor, an occupational surname for a supplier of goods or services; this surname originated in India, but derives from the English word.
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