/ˈfri:meɪsn ||; ˈfriˌmesṇ/(also mason) noun [C] a person, usually a man, who belongs to an international secret society whose members help each other and who recognize each other by secret signs 共济会成员（通常为男性。共济会乃国际秘密组织，成员互相接济，各以暗号识别）