Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A manufacturer of iron.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A manufacturer of iron
  • noun dated The proprietor of an ironworks

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Examples

  • Of the 56 signers, he was one of only eight who were foreign born, the only one to have been indentured, and the only one to hold the position of ironmaster.

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  • A Lancastrian ironmaster, Thomas Rawlinson, devised the kilt for his Scottish employees in the 1720s after realizing that it would be much more practical than the traditional Scottish cloak.

    Checkered Tartan Bill Coles 2008

  • The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents.

    Bleak House 2007

  • Miss Volumnia with a third little scream takes flight, wishing her hosts — O Lud! — well rid of the — what is it? — ironmaster!

    Bleak House 2007

  • Sir Leicester very magnificent again at the notion of Mrs. Rouncewell being spirited off from her natural home to end her days with an ironmaster.

    Bleak House 2007

  • Then they once more shake hands long and heartily and part, the ironmaster turning his face to the smoke and fires, and the trooper to the green country.

    Bleak House 2007

  • “I am not sure that I understand you, George,” replies the ironmaster.

    Bleak House 2007

  • The ironmaster repeats her expression with a little emphasis.

    Bleak House 2007

  • Herewith he hands a letter, closely written in somewhat pale ink but in a neat round hand, to the ironmaster, who reads as follows:

    Bleak House 2007

  • “That,” observes Sir Leicester with unspeakable grandeur, for he thinks the ironmaster a little too glib,

    Bleak House 2007

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