bricklayer

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bricklayer

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

noun bricklayers

  1. A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks. What’s interesting, when you look past all the hysterical bullshit about brown people and trans kids and the imaginary woke mind virus, is that Hanson’s new converts in Farrer and South Australia are angry about the same shit as everyone else, whether that’s a Lebanese-Australian bricklayer in Claym

    Similar: mason, brickie

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noun craftsman

Españolalbañil
한국어석공 seokgong
日本語煉瓦職人 renga shokunin
中文磚匠 /砖匠 zhuānjiàng, 砌磚工 /砌砖工 qìzhuāngōng, 瓦工 wǎgōng
Portuguêspedreiro
Françaismaçon
DeutschMaurer, Maurerin
Italianomuratore
Ελληνικάχτίστης chtístis
Românăzidar, pietrar
Русскийка́менщик kámenščik
Tiếng Việtthợ hồ, thợ nề
العربيةبَنَّاء بِالْقِرْمِيد bannāʔ bi-l-qirmīd, بَنَّاء bannāʔ

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@misc{bricklayer_2026,
  title = {bricklayer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bricklayer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}