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mason.

A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmeɪsən/
  1. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

  2. One who prepares stone for building purposes.

  3. 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”).

verb/ˈmeɪsən/
  1. To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

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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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