• (n.) One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.
Con·struc'tion·ist noun One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist ; a broad constructionist . 
a person who construes or interprets, esp. laws or the like, in a specific manner: a strict constructionist.