noun
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a person who works in an ironworks
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a person who makes articles of iron
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Etymology
Origin of ironworker
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at iron, worker
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The community colleges have proposed degrees in essential industries: field ironworker supervision at Cerritos College, modern police science at Porterville College, digital infrastructure at Santiago Canyon College and cloud computing at Santa Monica College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Her great-great grandfather was an ironworker named Henson Summers, whose unusual first name helped genealogists to trace his family.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 17, 2024
When Aubrey Russell, 34, got out of prison in 2019, she didn’t have a car for her first six months as an apprentice ironworker.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Mr. Burton, an ironworker who has helped build several nearby wind farms, said the jobs would help fill the void created by factories that have closed or moved overseas.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
He turned to me and waved toward the ironworker in the shop.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Sitting atop the RCA Building, today better known as 30 Rock, the ironworkers were not as free-flying as they seem: The author suggests there would have been planks about 12 feet below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Jason Chadee and Conrad Lazare, union ironworkers with Locals 40 and 361, have encountered falcons and hawks as they’ve shaped the city’s skyline.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Using surveillance and roving patrols, and often assisted by ironworkers, painters and others doing work on the bridge, they try to spot the potential jumpers among millions of bridge visitors every year.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
The digital billboard plan also has drawn support from construction trade unions, particularly those that represent ironworkers and electrical workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
IN this fanciful little object we meet with another illustration of the spirit of humour as well as of dexterity in their craft, manifested in abundance by the excellent old ironworkers of Spain.
From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, Matthew Digby
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