mason

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ma·son /ˈmeɪsən/ noun [countable]  BOTBa stonemason 石匠，石工

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mason• My partners are all masons, which brings them immediate contacts.• In 1520 Redman also became chief mason at Windsor Castle.• From 1708 he was the City mason, and in 1720 was appointed master mason to Westminster Abbey.• Men may work periodically as day laborers on others' fields, as carpenters, or masons.• The other masons then filled in the intervening bricks along a string stretched be tween the corner bricks.• I believe the actual final quotation to the mason was only about $ 2 a piece.• The masons, waterproofers, and ironworkers usually work off the same scaffolding.Mason noun [countable]  a Freemason 共济会会员Origin mason (1100-1200) Old French maçon

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mason
ma‧son /ˈmeɪsən/ noun [countable]a stonemason

Mason

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Free‧ma‧son /ˈfriːˌmeɪsən, ˌfriːˈmeɪsən/ (also Mason) noun [countable]
a man who belongs to a secret society in which each member helps the other members to become successful

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Mason noun [countable]
a Freemason

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Mason, Jac‧kie /ˈdʒæki/
(1934–) a US comedian known for telling jokes that might offend many people. Mason, whose real name is Jacob Maza, was a rabbi before becoming an entertainer in the 1960s.

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Mason, Perry
the main character in the books of Erle Stanley Gardner and in the US television programme Perry Mason(1957–66) about a defence lawyer who always finds out who the criminals are in the legal cases he has to defend

masonBrE /ˈmeɪsn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmeɪsn/ 🔊 nouna person who builds using stone, or works with stone 石匠；泥瓦匠Mason = Freemason