Definition of Stonecutter

1. Noun. Someone who cuts or carves stone.

Exact synonyms: Cutter
Generic synonyms: Quarrier, Quarryman

Definition of Stonecutter

1. n. One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.

Definition of Stonecutter

1. Noun. Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone. ¹

2. Noun. A machine that is used to cut stone or concrete. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stonecutter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonecutter

stonebreakers
stonebuck
stonebucks
stonebuilt
stonecast
stonecasts
stonechat
stonechats
stonecold
stonecraft
stonecrafts
stonecress
stonecrop
stonecrop family
stonecrops
stonecutter (current term)
stonecutters
stonecutting
stonecuttings
stoned
stonedly
stonedness
stoneface
stonefall
stonefalls
stonefish
stonefishes
stoneflies
stonefly
stonefruit

Literary usage of Stonecutter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journeys Through Bookland by Charles H. Sylvester (1922)
"THE DISCONTENTED stonecutter Adapted from THE JAPANESE NCE upon a time there ... So the poor stonecutter grew discontented and sighed and moaned bitterly ..."

2. The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, His Life and Times by William Buckingham, George William Ross (1892)
"... Exemplified — Journeyman stonecutter Before the Age of Twenty — Works and Muses in the Land of Burns — Beginning of His Religious Life —Becomes Attached ..."

3. Fourth Reader by Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix (1911)
"THE stonecutter Once upon a time there was in Japan a poor stonecutter — a simple workman in the quarries. His life was rude ; he worked much, gained little ..."

4. The Cambrian Journal by Cambrian Institute, Tenby, Wales, Cambrian Institute (Tenby, Wales), Wales Cambrian Institute (Tenby (1854)
"... I may add that Mr. West- wood himself has, in this very inscription, found an e " doubtless mistaken by the ignorant stonecutter for ac ..."

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