constructor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

constructor
    n 1: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as
         of a building) [syn: {builder}, {constructor}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Constructor \Con*struct"or\, n. [Cf. LL. constructor.]
   A constructer.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

constructor

   <programming> 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.

   (1994-10-20)