ironworker
nounEtymology From iron + worker.
1
A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.
- Near-synonym: erector
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2
Archaic A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks.
- Near-synonym: roughneck
- Related terms
- ironfounder, ironmonger, ironware, wrought iron