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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•son /ˈmeɪsən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildingone whose trade is building with stones or bricks.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•son (mā′sən),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Buildinga person who dresses stones or bricks.
- World History(cap.) a Freemason.
v.t. - Buildingto construct of or strengthen with masonry.
- Frankish *makjon maker, derivative of *makōn to make1
- Old French machun, masson
- Middle English machun, mason 1175–1225
- Biographical Bobbie Ann, born 1940, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- BiographicalCharles, 1730–87, English astronomer and surveyor. Cf. Mason-Dixon line.
- BiographicalGeorge, 1725–92, American statesman.
- BiographicalLowell, 1792–1872, U.S. hymnist and educator.
- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mason /ˈmeɪsən/ n - a person skilled in building with stone
- a person who dresses stone
vb - (transitive) to construct or strengthen with masonry
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French masson, of Frankish origin; perhaps related to Old English macian to make Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Mason /ˈmeɪsən/ n - short for Freemason
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