mason

Etymology

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattijō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

noun

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.

verb

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