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
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
He did it by outplaying ironmaster Nelson with the irons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without calling himself a reformer, the young ironmaster proved to be a practical sociologist.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
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