Meaning

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

More definitions
  • a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I have heard that freemasons have a secret handshake.

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  2. Are you a freemason?

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  3. I hear the Freemasons have a secret handshake.

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  4. The Freemasons? They're just a frat for old men.

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  5. I was told that the Freemasons have a secret handshake.

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Origin

From free + mason.

From free + mason.

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Forms

plural: freemasons

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love:Mason

Word family

2 related words

See also

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