mason

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noun

The definition of a mason is a craftsman in the construction and building trade who works in brick or stone.

A person you would call to build your fireplace is an example of a mason.

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mason

a person whose work is building with stone, brick, concrete, etc.
[M-] Freemason

Origin of mason

Old French maçon from Medieval Latin macio from Frankish an unverified form makjo- from an unverified form makon, akin to Old English macian, to make

to build of or reinforce with masonry

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mason

noun

One who builds or works with stone or brick.
Mason A Freemason.

transitive verb

ma·soned, ma·son·ing, ma·sons

To build of or strengthen with masonry.

Origin of mason

Middle English from Old French maçon, masson of Germanic origin ; see mag- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural masons)

One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned)

To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Origin

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Old Low Frankish *mattio, from Proto-Germanic *maitÃ´ (compare German obsolete Metz, Steinmetz), from *maitanÄ… (“to cut, hew") (compare Old High German meizan, East Frisian matje, Old Norse meita), from Proto-Indo-European *mai-d- (“to alter") (compare Old Lithuanian apmaitinti (“to wound"), Latvian mÃ itÃ¢t (“to spoil, destroy")), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“to change, exchange"). More at mean, mutate.