ironworker

English

Etymology

From iron +‎ worker.

Noun

ironworker (plural ironworkers)

1. A skilled construction worker who assembles the metal frame of buildings, especially large commercial ones such as warehouses and skyscrapers.

   Near-synonym: erector

   • 2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 30 October 2025:

     Many people believe that growth will only continue. “We’re gonna need stadiums full of electricians, heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, HVAC technicians,” Dwarkesh Patel and Romeo Dean, AI-industry analysts, wrote recently.

2. (archaic) A person employed to manufacture and shape iron or to do other (related) labor within an ironworks.

   Coordinate terms: steelworker; blacksmith, smith

   Near-synonym: roughneck

Related terms

• ironfounder
• ironmonger
• ironware
• wrought iron

Translations

person who works with iron

Macedonian: железар m (železar) Swedish: järnarbetare c