1
: a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
2
capitalized
: freemason
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Most of the enslaved people were field hands, but some were masons, house-hold servants and carpenters.
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Centuries before, village masons built special structures for public ceremonies to view the Sun – ceremonies that were temporally anchored to the solstices, like the one that will occur June 20, 2024.
—Gerardo Aldana, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
The Grier Heights native heard them from his elders, who got them from their elders, the farmers and masons who originally called the neighborhood home in the late 1800s.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
This junior officer is in charge of preventing ineligible masons from entering, preparing the room for meetings, supplying regalia and equipment, and sometimes acting as the caretaker of the premises.
—Vicky Yip, Parents, 1 July 2024
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Centuries before, village masons built special structures for public ceremonies to view the Sun – ceremonies that were temporally anchored to the solstices, like the one that will occur June 20, 2024.
—Gerardo Aldana, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
The Grier Heights native heard them from his elders, who got them from their elders, the farmers and masons who originally called the neighborhood home in the late 1800s.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
This junior officer is in charge of preventing ineligible masons from entering, preparing the room for meetings, supplying regalia and equipment, and sometimes acting as the caretaker of the premises.
—Vicky Yip, Parents, 1 July 2024
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mason
noun
ma·son
ˈmās-ᵊn 
: a skilled worker who builds or works with stone, brick, or cement
Biographical Definition
Mason 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Ma·son
ˈmā-sᵊn
Charles 1728–1786 English astronomer and surveyor
Mason
2 of 2biographical name (2)
George 1725–1792 American statesman in Revolution
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