mason

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”); or perhaps from Frankish *mattijo, from Proto-Germanic *mattijô (“hoe; chisel”) (compare German obsolete Metz, Steinmetz), from Proto-Indo-European *matn-, *mat- (“hoe; slegehammer”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪsən/
• Rhymes: -eɪsən

mason (plural masons)

1. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
2. One who prepares stone for building purposes.
3. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

mason (third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned)

1. (transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

   to mason up a well or terrace

   to mason in a kettle or boiler

• Manso, NOMAS, Osman, manos, moans, monas

mason

1. accusative singular of maso

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mason

1. fruit of the Ziziphus vulgaris

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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mason

1. fruit of the Ziziphus vulgaris

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français