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Freemason definition

Free·mason (frē′mā′sən)

noun

a member of an international secret society having as its principles brotherliness, charity, and mutual aid
also Free and Accepted Mason

Etymology: < obs. freemason, a skilled itinerant mason, free to move from town to town without restraint by local guilds

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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