Squareman is a British occupational term for a stonecutter who works stone to square, precise dimensions rather than rough or rubble finish. Found mainly in older trade records, guild documents, and historical building accounts in Britain. Largely obsolete today, replaced by 'mason' or 'stonecutter,' but it survives in local dialect glossaries and historical construction texts. The term carries connotations of skilled, exacting craft work valued in traditional masonry.
The squareman spent the morning dressing the facing stones for the new church wall.
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(UK) A stonecutter.
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