contractor

Noun
  1. Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things (synset 109980167)
    is a type of: builder, constructor - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
    subtypes:
    • defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
    • hauler, haulier - a haulage contractor
    • ship-breaker - a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
    • subcontractor - someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
  2. The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps (synset 109980491)
    is a type of: bridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge
    same as: declarer
  3. (law) a party to a contract (synset 109980370)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: party - a person involved in legal proceedings
    subtypes: builder, constructor - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
  4. A bodily organ that contracts (synset 105297100)
    is a type of: organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
    subtypes: muscle, musculus - one of the contractile organs of the body
    same as: contractile organ

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