ironmaster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ironmaster
Example Sentences
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Anyone using a bicycle, car or train relies on the forgotten ingenuity of Philip Vaughan, an ironmaster from the Welsh town of Carmarthen who patented the idea in the 1790s.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Danny Boyle's opening ceremony took an unashamed delight in Britain's past glories and nodded to a few of its horrors, from cricket on the village green to the rise of the ironmaster.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
He did it by outplaying ironmaster Nelson with the irons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eben MacBurney Byers, 51, popular Pittsburgh sportsman and ironmaster, fell out of an upper berth five years ago returning from a Yale-Harvard football game.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before we can hear the reply another voice is raised, a guttural German voice; it is John Schnorr, the ironmaster of Erzgebinge.
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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