mason.
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
Meaning & usage
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
One who prepares stone for building purposes.
A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons
Where this word comes from
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
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