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bricklayer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mason, brickie

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a craftsman skilled in building with bricks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

History

Etymology

From Middle English brekelayeer, brekelayer, equivalent to brick + layer.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: messelaar — craftsman
  • Amharic: ጡብ ገንቢ (ṭub gänbi) — craftsman
  • Arabic: بَنَّاء بِالْقِرْمِيد (bannāʔ bi-l-qirmīd) — craftsman
  • Arabic: بَنَّاء (bannāʔ) — craftsman
  • Armenian: որմնադիր (ormnadir) — craftsman
  • Armenian: պատշար (patšar) — craftsman
  • Azerbaijani: bənna — craftsman
  • Basque: igeltsero — craftsman
  • Belarusian: му́ляр (múljar) — craftsman
  • Catalan: paleta — craftsman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磚匠 /砖匠 (zhuānjiàng) — craftsman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 砌磚工 /砌砖工 (qìzhuāngōng) — craftsman
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瓦工 (wǎgōng) — craftsman
  • Czech: zedník — craftsman
  • Danish: murer — craftsman
  • Dutch: metselaar — craftsman
  • Esperanto: masonisto — craftsman
  • Estonian: müürsepp — craftsman
  • Finnish: muurari — craftsman
  • Finnish: rappari — craftsman
  • French: maçon — craftsman
  • West-Frisian: mitselder — craftsman
  • Georgian: კალატოზი (ḳalaṭozi) — craftsman
  • German: Maurer — craftsman
  • German: Maurerin — craftsman
  • Greek: χτίστης (chtístis) — craftsman
  • Gujarati: કડિયો (kaḍiyo) — craftsman
  • Hungarian: kőműves — craftsman
  • Icelandic: múrari — craftsman
  • Ingrian: kamenšikka — craftsman
  • Irish: bríceadóir — craftsman
  • Irish: brícléir — craftsman
  • Italian: muratore — craftsman
  • Japanese: 煉瓦職人 (renga shokunin) — craftsman
  • Khmer: កម្មករធ្វើឥដ្ឋ (kammaʼkɑɑ thvəə ʼət) — craftsman
  • Korean: 석공 (seokgong) — craftsman
  • Latin: caementarius — craftsman
  • Lithuanian: mūrininkas — craftsman
  • Lithuanian: mūrininkė — craftsman
  • Macedonian: ѕи́дар (dzídar) — craftsman
  • Mingrelian: ორსატი (orsaṭi) — craftsman
  • Norwegian Bokmål: murer — craftsman
  • Pannonian Rusyn: муляр (muljar) — craftsman
  • Persian: والادگر (vâlâdgar) — craftsman
  • Persian: بنا (bannâ) — craftsman
  • Polish: murarz — craftsman
  • Polish: murarka — craftsman
  • Portuguese: pedreiro — craftsman
  • Romanian: zidar — craftsman
  • Romanian: pietrar — craftsman
  • Russian: ка́менщик (kámenščik) — craftsman
  • Spanish: albañil — craftsman
  • Svan: ჴელუ̂ა̈ნ (qelûän) — craftsman
  • Svan: გალტუ̂ეზ (galṭûez) — craftsman
  • Swedish: murare — craftsman
  • Turkish: duvarcı — craftsman
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیوارجی (duvarcı) — craftsman
  • Ukrainian: каменя́р (kamenjár) — craftsman
  • Ukrainian: му́ляр (múljar) — craftsman
  • Vietnamese: thợ hồ — craftsman
  • Vietnamese: thợ nề — craftsman
  • Welsh: briciwr — craftsman
  • Welsh: gosodwr brics — craftsman
  • Yucatec Maya: pakʼbal — craftsman
  • Yucatec Maya: j-pakʼbal — craftsman
  • Yucatec Maya: x-pakʼbal — craftsman