'Contractor' definitions:
Definition of 'contractor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
noun
The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps [syn: contractor, declarer]
noun
(law) a party to a contract
noun
A bodily organ that contracts [syn: contractile organ, contractor]
Definition of 'Contractor'
From: GCIDE
- 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]