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
Example Sentences
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Her late uncle — an ironworker — inspired her to enter the field.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024
Mr. Scheig, an ironworker who helped build the city’s famous arch, never told their family exactly what he was doing at the plant, where scientists first began processing uranium for the Manhattan Project in 1942.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024
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
Then, last April, she became a journeyman ironworker, permitted to work without supervision.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
He turned to me and waved toward the ironworker in the shop.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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