Meanings
mason1
nounmason (plural masons)
plural masons
- A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
verbmason (third-person singular simple present masons, present participle masoning, simple past and past participle masoned)
present singular third person masons · participle present masoning · participle past masoned · past masoned
Mason2
proper nounMason (countable and uncountable, plural Masons)
plural Masons
- countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation for a stonemason.
- countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
Goalkeeper Mason Munn has signed a contract extension with Rangers, keeping him at Ibrox until May 2028.
2024 June 26, “Munn signs new Rangers deal”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2025, retrieved 02 Sep 20261 more example
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.
2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025 - A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableA town in Effingham County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada.
- countableuncountableA town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- countableuncountableA city in Warren County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Butte County, South Dakota.
- countableuncountableA town in Tipton County, Tennessee.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Mason County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA town in Mason County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Mason Township.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisinformaluncountableEllipsis of George Mason University
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love
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Origin
- Late Latinmaciō“carpenter, bricklayer”
- Old Frenchmaçon
- Anglo-Normanmachun
- Middle Englishmasoun
- Englishmason
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans messelaar
- messelaarone who builds with stone or brick
Arabic بَنَّاء
- بَنَّاء (bannāʔ)one who builds with stone or brick
Basque igeltsero
- igeltseroone who builds with stone or brick
Bengali মিস্ত্রী
- মিস্ত্রী (mistri)one who builds with stone or brick
Bulgarian зидар, зидам
- зидар (zidar)one who builds with stone or brick
- зидам (zidam)to build stonework or brickwork
- съзиждам (săziždam)to build stonework or brickwork
- съзидам (săzidam)to build stonework or brickwork
Chinese Mandarin 石匠, 石工
- 石匠 (shíjiàng)one who builds with stone or brick
- 石工 (shígōng)one who builds with stone or brick
- 梅森 (Méisēn)a male name
Czech zedník
- zedníkone who builds with stone or brick
Dutch metselaar, metser
- metselaarone who builds with stone or brick
- metserone who builds with stone or brick
Esperanto masonisto
- masonistoone who builds with stone or brick
Finnish muurari, muurata
- muurarione who builds with stone or brick
- muuratato build stonework or brickwork
French maçon, maçonne
- maçonone who builds with stone or brick
- maçonneone who builds with stone or brick
- Masona male name
German Maurer
- Maurerone who builds with stone or brick
Greek κτίστης, λιθοδόμος
- κτίστης (ktístis)one who builds with stone or brick
- λιθοδόμος (lithodómos)one who builds with stone or brick
Hebrew בנאי
- בנאי (banai)one who builds with stone or brick
Hungarian kőműves
- kőművesone who builds with stone or brick
Icelandic múrari
- múrarione who builds with stone or brick
Irish saor
- saorone who builds with stone or brick
Italian muratore
- muratoreone who builds with stone or brick
Japanese 石工
- 石工 (ishiku)one who builds with stone or brick
Korean 석공
- 석공 (seokgong)one who builds with stone or brick
Latin caementarius, Mason
- caementariusone who builds with stone or brick
- Masona male name
Latvian mūrnieks
- mūrnieksone who builds with stone or brick
Māori Meihana
- Meihanaa male name
Persian بنا
- بنا (bannâ)one who builds with stone or brick
Polish kamieniarz, murarz
- kamieniarzone who builds with stone or brick
- murarzone who builds with stone or brick
- murarkaone who builds with stone or brick
- murowaćto build stonework or brickwork
- zamurowaćto build stonework or brickwork
- wymurowaćto build stonework or brickwork
- Masona male name
Portuguese pedreiro
- pedreiroone who builds with stone or brick
Romanian zidar, pietrar
- zidarone who builds with stone or brick
- pietrarone who builds with stone or brick
- masonone who builds with stone or brick
- zidito build stonework or brickwork
- durato build stonework or brickwork
- clădito build stonework or brickwork
Russian ка́менщик, масо́н
- ка́менщик (kámenščik)one who builds with stone or brick
- масо́н (masón)one who builds with stone or brick
- Масонa male name
Slovak murár
- murárone who builds with stone or brick
Spanish albañil, Masón
- albañilone who builds with stone or brick
- Masóna male name
Swedish stenhuggare, mura
- stenhuggareone who builds with stone or brick
- murato build stonework or brickwork
Tagalog mason, kantero
- masonone who builds with stone or brick
- kanteroone who builds with stone or brick
- panday-batoone who builds with stone or brick
Tamil கொத்தன், கொற்றன்
- கொத்தன் (kottaṉ)one who builds with stone or brick
- கொற்றன் (koṟṟaṉ)one who builds with stone or brick
- கொத்தனார் (kottaṉār)one who builds with stone or brick
Turkish taş ustası, duvarcı
- taş ustasıone who builds with stone or brick
- duvarcıone who builds with stone or brick
Ukrainian му́ляр
- му́ляр (múljar)one who builds with stone or brick
Vietnamese thợ xây, thợ nề
- thợ xâyone who builds with stone or brick
- thợ nềone who builds with stone or brick
- thợ hồone who builds with stone or brick
- phụ hồone who builds with stone or brick
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mason
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Cite this entry
APA
mason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason
MLA
“mason.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mason,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason.
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