Definitions
a craftsman who works with stone or brick
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“to mason up a well or terrace”
“to mason in a kettle or boiler”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Brick worker”5 letters
02“Stoneworker”5 letters
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