constructor

Pronunciation:		kunstr'uktur
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

	Synonyms:	builder

	See Also:	boatbuilder, contractor, creator, homebuilder, housebuilder, jerry-builder, road builder, shipbuilder

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Con*struct"or\, n. [Cf. LL. constructor.] A constructer.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	1. In functional programming and type theory, one of the symbols used to create an object with an algebraic data type. 2. A function provided by a class in c++ and some other object-oriented languages to instantiate an object, i.e. to name it and initialise it. The constructor function has the same name as the class. A class may also have a destructor function to destroy objects of that class.

	See Also:	programming