Noun: contractor kun'trak-tu(r) or 'kón,trak-tu(r)
- Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
"The contractor estimated it would take three months to complete the house"
- (law) a party to a contract
"Both contractors signed the agreement"
- The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
"As the contractor, she confidently declared spades as trumps";
- declarer
- A bodily organ that contracts
"The uterus is a powerful contractor during childbirth";
- contractile organ
Derived forms: contractors
Type of: bridge player, builder, constructor, hand, organ, party
Encyclopedia: Contractor