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English

Etymology

From construction + -er.

Noun

constructioner (plural constructioners)

  1. (rare) Synonym of construction worker.
    • 1959, Alan Bible, “Statement of Hon. Alan Bible, []”, in Independent Offices Appropriations, 1960: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Commitee on Appropriations [], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 692:
      We have had the interest of the veterans’ groups, we have had the interest of the builders and constructioners.
    • 1979 May 30, H[irisave] C[howdegowda] Srikantaiah, quotee, “Lack of facilities for New Extension areas in Mysore City”, in Karnataka Legislative Assembly Debates, →OCLC, page 591:
      The City Improvement Trust Board, Mysore have regularised the unauthorised construction and facilities like water supply and underground drainages are being provided by collecting the necessary development charges from the unauthorised constructioners.
    • 1994, Shula Keshet, “Freedom of Expression in an Ideological Society: The Case of the Early Kibbutz Novel”, in Kibbutz Trends, Tel Aviv, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, columns 1–2:
      Tents, by A. Levin-Talmi (Sifriat HaPoalim, 1949), relates the experiences of a group of pioneers working as road constructioners in the early twenties; []
    • 2014, Glenn M. Cosh, “Flashback”, in The Green Flash, Zest Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:
      The large brass plaque was the only part of the lighthouse that had escaped the corrosive sea for far too many years. And although it bore a tinted greenish coating, it was not enough to mar the inscription: CHANCE BROTHERS & COMPANY, Ltd. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS And CONSTRUCTIONERS NEW BIRMINGHAM 1899
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