noun
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a person who is skilled in cutting and carving stone
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a machine used to dress stone
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Etymology
Origin of stonecutter
Example Sentences
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Among them was Anthony White, a Queensland stonecutter whose illness and death at age 36 were widely covered there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
A stonecutter by trade, Socrates publicly questioned sophists and politicians about good and evil, right and wrong.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
It goes back to a story Homa shared on a “No Laying Up” podcast four years ago about a stonecutter who hammers away on a huge boulder and shatters it with the 101st strike.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Emery Heights Community Center — A master stonecutter who cut and laid the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, Matthew Gault Emery* served as mayor of Washington from 1870-71.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2020
“Indeed! This worthless one rejoices that it is so. And what of my revered friend, your half brother and protector, Gebu the stonecutter? Is he also well?”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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