What does "ironworker" mean?

A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.

What is a synonym for "ironworker"?

Common synonyms include: plowwright, puddler, worker.

Ironworker

noun

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Noun

1
A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
"Near-synonym: erector"
2
a person who makes articles of iron wordnet
3
A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks. archaic
"Near-synonym: roughneck"

Synonyms

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plowwright puddler worker

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"Many people believe that growth will only continue. “We’re gonna need stadiums full of electricians, heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, HVAC technicians,” Dwarkesh Patel and Romeo Dean, AI-industry analysts, wrote recently."

Etymology

From iron + worker.

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