Definition of "constructor" [con•struct•or]

• A person who, or thing that constructs (noun)
• A class method (in object-oriented programming) that creates and initializes each instance of an object (noun)
• A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors , while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari). (noun)

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• "The best general advice I can give a first-time poster constructor is to describe the circumstances in which a poster will eventually be viewed: a hot, congested room filled with people who are there primarily to socialize, not to look at posters."
• "If you call the constructor without passing in a collection, the class will automatically instantiate a"
• "Type foo = bar; even though there is an = in the above expression, it calls a constructor, not operator =."