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• Freemason
  Freemason

  noun

  a member of a widely distributed secret order Free and Accepted Masons, having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
• freemason
  freemason

  noun

  medieval history a member of a guild of itinerant skilled stonemasons, who had a system of secret signs and passwords with which they recognized each other

Freemason

American  

[free-mey-suhn, free-mey-] / ˈfriˌmeɪ sən, ˌfriˈmeɪ- /

noun

1. a member of a widely distributed secret order Free and Accepted Masons, having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.

2. (lowercase)

   1. one of a class of skilled stoneworkers of the Middle Ages, possessing secret signs and passwords.

   2. a member of a society composed of such workers, which also included honorary members accepted masons not connected with the building trades.

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Freemason ¹ British  

/ ˌfriːməˈsɒnɪk, ˈfriːˌmeɪsən /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: Mason.  a member of the widespread secret order, constituted in London in 1717, of Free and Accepted Masons , pledged to brotherly love, faith, and charity

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freemason ² British  

/ ˈfriːˌmeɪsən, ˌfriːməˈsɒnɪk /

noun

1. medieval history a member of a guild of itinerant skilled stonemasons, who had a system of secret signs and passwords with which they recognized each other

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Other Word Forms

• Freemasonic
  adjective
• freemasonic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Freemason

First recorded in 1350–1400, Freemason is from the Middle English word fremason. See free, mason

Example Sentences

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During the court case, the Met offered clarifications on how it would handle data from Freemason officers.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

The most paranoid anti-Masons I've encountered, either online or in the real world, have never bothered to speak to a Freemason.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

Full disclosure: I became a Freemason in 2002 and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 2004.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

Though Freemasonry wasn’t a religion, per se, Berrow explains that to be a Freemason, one had to believe in “a supreme being.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

Freemason, Title, Right.—Prior to 1879, the mother, wife, and other relatives of Coppers, who were Roman Catholics, were buried in the lot covered by the deed given in the last paragraph.

From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Charles M. Scanlan

The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025

A Franco-era report that came to light in 2015 claimed that Lorca was “a freemason belonging to the Alhambra lodge.”

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2017

Born Herman Sonny Blount in 1913, Sun Ra seems to have hidden in plain sight as a freemason throughout his career.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2014

Mozart's The Magic Flute, with libretto written by fellow freemason Emanuel Shikanader, has several overtly Masonic themes.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2013

He’d say, Is this what the men of Ireland fought and died for that my own son is sitting there at the kitchen table reading the freemason paper?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt