mason

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English

Etymology

From Old French masson, machun (modern maçon), from Late Latin macio, machio, mattio, mactio, from Old Dutch *mattio, akin to Old High German mezzo (“stonemason”) (modern Steinmetz), Old High German meizan (“to beat, cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mason (plural masons)

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

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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.

Translations

to build stonework or brickwork

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