bricklayer

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noun

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

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Meanings

nounbricklayer (plural bricklayers)

plural bricklayers

  1. A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
    1 more example

    What’s interesting, when you look past all the hysterical bullshit about brown people and trans kids and the imaginary woke mind virus, is that Hanson’s new converts in Farrer and South Australia are angry about the same shit as everyone else, whether that’s a Lebanese-Australian bricklayer in Claymore, an Indian dental nurse in Ipswich, or some lentil-muffin-eating, lumpy-jumper-wearing goat yoga enthusiast in Teal Town.

    2026 June 3, John Birmingham, “Neoliberalism ate the world. Enter: Pauline Hanson”, in Crikey

    Synonyms: mason, brickie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbrekelayeer
  2. Englishbricklayer

From Middle English brekelayeer, brekelayer, equivalent to brick + layer.

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Translations

Afrikaans messelaar
  • messelaarcraftsman
Arabic بَنَّاء بِالْقِرْمِيد, بَنَّاء
  • بَنَّاء بِالْقِرْمِيد (bannāʔ bi-l-qirmīd)craftsman
  • بَنَّاء (bannāʔ)craftsman
Basque igeltsero
  • igeltserocraftsman
Catalan paleta
  • paletacraftsman
Chinese Mandarin 磚匠 /砖匠, 砌磚工 /砌砖工
  • 磚匠 /砖匠 (zhuānjiàng)craftsman
  • 砌磚工 /砌砖工 (qìzhuāngōng)craftsman
  • 瓦工 (wǎgōng)craftsman
Czech zedník
  • zedníkcraftsman
Danish murer
  • murercraftsman
Dutch metselaar
  • metselaarcraftsman
Esperanto masonisto
  • masonistocraftsman
Estonian müürsepp
  • müürseppcraftsman
Finnish muurari, rappari
  • muuraricraftsman
  • rapparicraftsman
French maçon
  • maçoncraftsman
German Maurer, Maurerin
  • Maurercraftsman
  • Maurerincraftsman
Greek χτίστης
  • χτίστης (chtístis)craftsman
Hungarian kőműves
  • kőművescraftsman
Icelandic múrari
  • múraricraftsman
Irish bríceadóir, brícléir
  • bríceadóircraftsman
  • brícléircraftsman
Italian muratore
  • muratorecraftsman
Japanese 煉瓦職人
  • 煉瓦職人 (renga shokunin)craftsman
Korean 석공
  • 석공 (seokgong)craftsman
Latin caementarius
  • caementariuscraftsman
Lithuanian mūrininkas, mūrininkė
  • mūrininkascraftsman
  • mūrininkėcraftsman
Norwegian Bokmål murer
  • murercraftsman
Persian والادگر, بنا
  • والادگر (vâlâdgar)craftsman
  • بنا (bannâ)craftsman
Polish murarz, murarka
  • murarzcraftsman
  • murarkacraftsman
Portuguese pedreiro
  • pedreirocraftsman
Romanian zidar, pietrar
  • zidarcraftsman
  • pietrarcraftsman
Russian ка́менщик
  • ка́менщик (kámenščik)craftsman
Spanish albañil
  • albañilcraftsman
Swedish murare
  • murarecraftsman
Turkish duvarcı
  • duvarcıcraftsman
Ukrainian каменя́р, му́ляр
  • каменя́р (kamenjár)craftsman
  • му́ляр (múljar)craftsman
Vietnamese thợ hồ, thợ nề
  • thợ hồcraftsman
  • thợ nềcraftsman
Welsh briciwr, gosodwr brics
  • briciwrcraftsman
  • gosodwr bricscraftsman
Cite this entry
APA

bricklayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricklayer

MLA

“bricklayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricklayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bricklayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricklayer.

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