MASON

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• MASON (noun)
  The noun MASON has 5 senses:

1. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)

2. English film actor (1909-1984)

3. English writer (1865-1948)

4. a craftsman who works with stone or brick

5. a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love

  Familiarity information: MASON used as a noun is common.

• MASON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Mason; Mason

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English film actor (1909-1984)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Mason; James Neville Mason; Mason

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 3

Meaning:

English writer (1865-1948)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

A. E. W. Mason; Alfred Edward Woodley Mason; Mason

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A craftsman who works with stone or brick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mason; stonemason

Hypernyms ("mason" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Derivation:

masonic (of or relating to stonemasons or masonry)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Freemason; Mason

Hypernyms ("Mason" is a kind of...):

brother (a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mason"):

Knight Templar (a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States)

Holonyms ("Mason" is a member of...):

Freemasonry; Masonry (Freemasons collectively)

Derivation:

Masonic (of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry)

 Context examples 

"I do feel better," remarked Mr. Mason.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The next thing heard of him was when his dead body was discovered by a plate-layer named Mason, just outside Aldgate Station on the Underground system in London.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And there's Andy, a stone- mason, has ideas on everything, a good chess-player; and another fellow, Harry, a baker, red hot socialist and strong union man.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At his signal, Freya darts across the lab room floor and sniffs a collection of small open mason jars.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

Then she placed the can before her, and turned the tap, and while the beer was running she would not let her eyes be idle, but looked up at the wall, and after much peering here and there, saw a pick-axe exactly above her, which the masons had accidentally left there.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Dual and triple black holes are exceedingly rare, said co-author Shobita Satyapal, of George Mason, but such systems are actually a natural consequence of galaxy mergers, which we think is how galaxies grow and evolve.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

Mr. Mason obeyed, because it was evidently useless to resist.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

We were only looking for pairs of black holes at the time, and yet, through our selection technique, we stumbled upon this amazing system, said Ryan Pfeifle of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, the first author of a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal describing these results.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

Jane, run down to Mr. Mason's room,—the one next mine,—and fetch a cloak you will see there.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"She sucked the blood: she said she'd drain my heart," said Mason.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)