noun
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a person who works in an ironworks
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a person who makes articles of iron
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ironworker
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at iron, worker
Example Sentences
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Ironworker apprentices in Western Washington, for example, start at around $32 per hour plus benefits and progressively increase to a $50 hourly wage at the end of their four-year training.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024
Mr. Powell was named Ironworker of the Year in 1999 by the Allied Building Metal Industries’ trade association.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011
During one parade on the Avenue of the Americas, Ironworker Thomas Francis Gibbon, 43, waded into a crowd on the sidewalk when he saw some onlookers flashing the V peace sign.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the Little Chaplain, who whispered mysteriously into his ear, at the same time pointing with a finger: "There's Pere the Ironworker, the famous v�rro."
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
Jaime himself recognized with a dash of envy the terrible vigor of the Ironworker.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
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