Ironmaster
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A manufacturer of iron
- 2 The proprietor of an ironworks dated
"Thirdly, it incorporated Samuel Homfray, Richard Fothergill, Matthew Monkhouse, William Thompson, and William Forman, ironmasters, (described in the Act as intended lessees of the Tredegar Iron Works) as the Sirhowy Tramroad Company, with powers to make, at their own expense, the portion of the proposed tramroad from Sirhowy Furnaces to Nine Mile Point;"
Example
More examples"Thirdly, it incorporated Samuel Homfray, Richard Fothergill, Matthew Monkhouse, William Thompson, and William Forman, ironmasters, (described in the Act as intended lessees of the Tredegar Iron Works) as the Sirhowy Tramroad Company, with powers to make, at their own expense, the portion of the proposed tramroad from Sirhowy Furnaces to Nine Mile Point;"
Etymology
From iron + master.
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