mason
noun /ˈmeɪsn/
/ˈmeɪsn/
- a person who builds using stone, or works with stone
- He was a working mason at Westminster Abbey in the sixteenth century.
- Mason(also Freemason)a man belonging to a secret society whose members help each other and communicate using secret signs
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French masson (noun), maçonner (verb), probably of Germanic origin; perhaps related to make.