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Mason
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- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason. countable, uncountable
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
"New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Effingham County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Warren County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Butte County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Tipton County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Mason County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Mason County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mason Township. countable, uncountable
- 18 Ellipsis of George Mason University abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
- 1 A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- 2 A Freemason.
- 3 a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love wordnet
- 4 One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- 5 a craftsman who works with stone or brick wordnet
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- 6 A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
- 1 To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons transitive
"to mason up a well or terrace"
Etymology
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).
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