mason

noun

ma·​son ˈmā-sᵊn 

1

: a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)

2

capitalized : freemason

Examples of mason in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And that fireplace was the last fireplace my dad ever did as a mason. —Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025

The quality of the work suggested to him specialist trades: skilled masons, skilled quarrymen, even some sort of architect, perhaps sketching out the design with charcoal on animal skin. —Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025

Also gone were Daniel Wright, 82, a mason who loved to laugh and tease his family, and his wife, Evelyn Wright, who relatives described as warm. —Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024

But masons often used other key ingredients in the brickmaking: blood and urine. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English macian to make

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mason

• mason jar
• mason wasp

Kids Definition

mason

noun

ma·​son ˈmās-ᵊn 

: a skilled worker who builds or works with stone, brick, or cement

Biographical Definition

Mason 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Ma·​son ˈmā-sᵊn 

Charles 1728–1786 English astronomer and surveyor

Mason

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

George 1725–1792 American statesman in Revolution