Meanings
plural construers
- Someone who construes something
Thus, the provision of Sections 18 and 19 are to be considered more persuasive to a construer than Section 20.
2000, American Bar Association, Annual Report of the American Bar Association2 more examples
By locating the addicted person in these categories, the construer places the addicted person into superordinate categories shared by other persons.
1992, Practice - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 48Constructs with good predictive efficiency allow the construer to make sound predictions about what is likely to happen next in their world.
2008, Simon Burnham, Let's Talk, →ISBN, page 24
Origin
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