A person who cuts stone from a quarry or who shapes and carves it for use.
Example sentencesExamples
Most of the persons represented are stonemasons from Creuse, though housepainters, stonecutters and carpenters from other parts of the country and from Paris make up a small portion of the numbers.
Despite their short stature, there was a brute solidity about them, their large, thick-fingered hands those of stonecutters and labourers, their tough, weathered skin that of a people toughened by the elements.
Newly listed occupations included railroad workers and cotton brokers, as well as skilled craftsmen such as silversmiths, watchmakers, stonecutters, brick masons, and a plumber.
Not only was this to help the stonecutters but also to provide information to the quarry as to how much stone to produce on a daily basis.
Many stonecutters did smithing work in the winter when quarrying was not done.
Definition of stonecutter in US English:
stonecutter
nounˈstoʊnˌkədərˈstōnˌkədər
A person who cuts stone from a quarry or who shapes and carves it for use.
Example sentencesExamples
Newly listed occupations included railroad workers and cotton brokers, as well as skilled craftsmen such as silversmiths, watchmakers, stonecutters, brick masons, and a plumber.
Many stonecutters did smithing work in the winter when quarrying was not done.
Most of the persons represented are stonemasons from Creuse, though housepainters, stonecutters and carpenters from other parts of the country and from Paris make up a small portion of the numbers.
Not only was this to help the stonecutters but also to provide information to the quarry as to how much stone to produce on a daily basis.
Despite their short stature, there was a brute solidity about them, their large, thick-fingered hands those of stonecutters and labourers, their tough, weathered skin that of a people toughened by the elements.