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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Miller’s district favors the GOP, yet recent polls show him trailing his Democratic opponent, a city councilor and ironworker named Brian Poindexter.
From Slate ● Aug. 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
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
Simpson, 26, works as a union ironworker — a rodbuster, to be precise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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
The State Building and Construction Trades Council represents hundreds of thousands of workers in the state, including bricklayers, ironworkers and painters, among many others.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Ms. LaTour’s last days in hospice drew a vigil by the kind of women she had commemorated: pioneering firefighters, ironworkers, carpenters, plumbers and union dissidents.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
“Each of these projects means jobs for laborers, plumbers, pipefitters, electricians, carpenters, cement masons, ironworkers and so many more,” Mr. Biden said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
However this may be, the Kayans remain the most skilful ironworkers of the country, rivalled only in the production of serviceable sword-blades by the Kenyahs.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
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