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Noun: mason  mey-sun
  1. A craftsman who works with stone or brick
    "The skilled mason carefully laid each brick of the new building";
    - stonemason
Noun: Mason  mey-sun
  1. A member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love
    - Freemason
     
  2. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
    - George Mason
     
  3. English film actor (1909-1984)
    - James Mason, James Neville Mason
     
  4. English writer (1865-1948)
    - A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason

Derived forms: masons, Masons

Type of: actor, American Revolutionary leader, artificer, artisan, author, brother, craftsperson, histrion [archaic], player, role player, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian, writer

Part of: Freemasonry, Masonry

Encyclopedia: Mason, Paul