ironworker

[ ahy-ern-wur-ker ]

noun

1. a worker worker in iron.
2. a person employed in an ironworks. ironworks.
3. a person who works with structural steel.

ironworker

/ ˈaɪənˌwɜːkə /

noun

1. a person who works in an ironworks
2. a person who makes articles of iron

Other Words From

• iron·working noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ironworker¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; iron, worker

Example Sentences

Aaron McDonald thinks back to when he came to Maricopa County nearly 20 years ago as a young ironworker hoping to get work building a new football stadium.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Scheig, an ironworker who helped build the city’s famous arch, never told their family exactly what he was doing at the plant, where scientists first began processing uranium for the Manhattan Project in 1942.

From New York Times

Her great-great grandfather was an ironworker named Henson Summers, whose unusual first name helped genealogists to trace his family.

From Science Magazine

When Aubrey Russell, 34, got out of prison in 2019, she didn’t have a car for her first six months as an apprentice ironworker.

From Seattle Times

For now, ironworkers who maintain the bridge and are trained in rescue techniques perform many of the rescues.

From Seattle Times