stonemason

noun

stone·​ma·​son ˈstōn-ˌmā-sᵊn How to pronounce stonemason (audio)
: a mason who builds with stone
stonemasonry noun

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Born in 1882 as the son of a former slave, African American stonemason Oliver Nestus Freeman helped build houses in Wilson to combat the housing shortage for soldiers returning from World War II. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025 Her father was a stonemason and particularly skilled at making tombstones. Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 My grandmother was a bourgeois German Jew, and my grandfather was the son of a stonemason in Sardinia. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 He was joined by steel workers, stonemasons, engineers. The New York Times, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for stonemason 

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First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stonemason was in 1748

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“Stonemason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stonemason. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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stonemason

noun
stone·​ma·​son ˈstōn-ˌmās-ᵊn How to pronounce stonemason (audio)
: a mason who builds with stone

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