mason

/ˈmeɪsən/

mason

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Definition

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

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”).