mason

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪsən/

Definition of mason

23 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  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.
  4. A Freemason.

verb

  1. (transitive)To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons
    “to mason up a well or terrace”
    “to mason in a kettle or boiler”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname.
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  18. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)Ellipsis of George Mason University

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Etymology

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

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