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  • noun One who produces stonework.

Etymologies

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stone +‎ worker

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Examples

  • It can include one who works with wood, but in its 1st-century Galilean context it more likely refers to a stoneworker.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • It can include one who works with wood, but in its 1st-century Galilean context it more likely refers to a stoneworker.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • He's expert stoneworker, putting the name of Army Sergeant Richard Monroe Pruett of San Diego, California on to the wall.

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2007 2007

  • It is surely reasonable to suppose that Joseph would have been drawn to the massive building projects in Sepphoris, where he would be able to ply his skills as a stoneworker, and that Jesus would have learned the same trade as he grew into manhood.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • It is surely reasonable to suppose that Joseph would have been drawn to the massive building projects in Sepphoris, where he would be able to ply his skills as a stoneworker, and that Jesus would have learned the same trade as he grew into manhood.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • In time, he came to Fairhaven, pretending to be but a poor soldier, but the brethren were not deceived, and they discovered his deception and captured him and bound him to be a stoneworker on the great highway, far from Fairhaven.

    The White Order Modesitt, L. E. 1998

  • He returns the wave of a stoneworker as he guides Basla onto the end of the High Road that leads to the pier.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • With a ten-foot long gash through both walls, as neat as any stoneworker could have done, and bits of tapestry lying on the floor.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • Earlier this month, the Valdez siblings - Enrique, Yolanda, Lyndora and Tina - watched as a stoneworker engraved their father's name.

    USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 2009

  • It's designed to help people like stoneworker Angel de la Torre, who owes far more on his three-bedroom house than it's worth and is stuck paying 10 percent interest.

    Berks county news 2009

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