mason

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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noun

1. A Freemason.

verb

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”).

1. 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”