stonemason

American  

[stohn-mey-suhn] / ˈstoʊnˌmeɪ sən /

noun

1. a person who builds with or dresses stone.

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stonemason British  

/ ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsən /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in preparing stone for building

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Other Word Forms

• stonemasonry
  noun

Etymology

Origin of stonemason

First recorded in 1750–60; stone + mason

Example Sentences

Zusha grew up on a dirt road in upstate New York and has worked as a stonemason and a chimney sweep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

John Spargo, a self-educated British stonemason who emigrated to New York in 1901, became an unlikely political theorist of the movement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

It’s believed that as stonemason membership decreased, the group began accepting “speculative,” or honorary, members to bolster their numbers.

From National Geographic • Sep. 19, 2023

It's an old villain: the fraternal order of Freemasons, whose origins go back to stonemason guilds of the 13th century, and which later became a center of Enlightenment thought and leadership in the 18th century.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

Cannek Reed was the son of a stonemason with rocklike fists, and he belonged to the water the way his father—a rare creature—belonged to the earth.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee