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View Surname: Mason


MASON
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: MAY-sən   [key]
Meaning & History
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, ultimately of Germanic origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").



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