Definition of "ironmaster" [i•ron•mas•ter]

• A manufacturer of iron (noun)
• The proprietor of an ironworks (noun)

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