stonemason

[stohn-mey-suhn]

noun

1. a person who builds with or dresses stone.

stonemason

/ ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsən /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• stonemasonry noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stonemason¹

First recorded in 1750–60; stone + mason

Example Sentences

Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies based on allegories such as the building of King Solomon's Temple.

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A specialist stonemason has started the work and has removed about 10% of them so far.

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

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Mrs Hudd she had given the stonemason her wording and a rough design before he visited the couple's home.

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The widows of two stonemasons who died from a lung condition contracted during their work have warned of the dangers of "new asbestos".

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