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freemason

noun

Etymology

From free + mason.

  1. derived from *metn-✻
  2. derived from *mattjō✻ — “cutter”
  3. derived from *mag-✻ — “to knead, mix, make”
  4. derived from *makōn✻ — “to work, build, make”
  5. derived from *makjō✻ — “maker, builder”
  6. derived from maciō — “carpenter, bricklayer”
  7. derived from maçon
  8. derived from machun
  9. inherited from masoun
  10. compounded as freemason — “free + mason”

Definitions

  1. A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern…

    A member of a guild of skilled itinerant masons during the Middle Ages and early modern times.

  2. A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted…

    A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

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