mason
noun/ˈmeɪsn/
/ˈmeɪsn/
- a person who builds using stone, or works with stone
- He was a working mason at Westminster Abbey in the sixteenth century.
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- Mason(also Freemason)a man belonging to a secret society whose members help each other and communicate using secret signs
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French masson (noun), maçonner (verb), probably of Germanic origin; perhaps related to make.
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