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Webster 1913 Edition

Bricklayer

Brick′layˊer

,

Noun.

[

Brick

+

lay

.]

One whose occupation is to build with bricks.

Bricklayer’s itch

.

See under

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bricklayer

BRICK'LAYER

,

Noun.

[brick and lay.] One whose occupation is to build with bricks; a mason.

Definition 2025

bricklayer

bricklayer

English

Noun

brick layer ‎(plural bricklayers)

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
- A good bricklayer should be able to calculate the number of bricks needed to build a wall.

Derived terms

brickie

Related terms

hod carrier

Synonyms

mason

Translations

craftsman

Arabic: بَنَّاء بِالْقَرْمِيد m ‎(bannāʾ bi-l-qarmīn), بَنَّاء m ‎(bannāʾ)
Basque: igeltsero (eu)
Catalan: paleta (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 磚匠 (zh), 砖匠 (zh) ‎(zhuānjiàng), 砌磚工 (zh), 砌砖工 (zh) ‎(qìzhuāngōng), 瓦工 (zh) ‎(wǎgōng)
Czech: zedník (cs) m
Danish: murer (da) c
Dutch: metselaar (nl) m
Estonian: müürsepp
Finnish: muurari (fi)
French: maçon (fr) m
German: Maurer (de) m
Greek: πλινθοκτίστης m ‎(plinthoktístis)
Hungarian: kőműves (hu)
Irish: bríceadóir m, brícléir m
Italian: muratore (it) m

Japanese: 煉瓦職人 ‎(れんがしょくにん, renga shokunin)
Korean: 석공 (ko) ‎(seok-gong) (石工 (ko))
Latin: caementarius m
Macedonian: ѕидар m ‎(dzídar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: murer m
Persian: والادگر (fa) ‎(vâlâdgar), بنا (fa) ‎(bannâ)
Polish: murarz (pl) m
Portuguese: pedreiro (pt) m
Romanian: zidar (ro) m, pietrar (ro) m
Russian: ка́менщик (ru) m ‎(kámenščik)
Spanish: albañil (es) m
Swedish: murare (sv) c
Vietnamese: thợ hồ (vi), thợ nề (vi)
Welsh: briciwr m, gosodwr brics m