ironmaster

[ ahy-ern-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈaɪ ərnˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.

Origin of ironmaster

First recorded in 1665–75; iron + master

The ironmaster called his automobile and bundled the New York man within it.

The Personality of American Cities |Edward Hungerford
The ironmaster repeats her expression with a little emphasis.

Bleak House |Charles Dickens
He thought that he might perhaps get his friend Frossard, the ironmaster, one of the richest landholders of the neighborhood.

Sister Anne (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume X) |Charles Paul de Kock
What if Lowndes had swindled wholesale in the ironmaster's name, and what if Scrafton were one of his victims?

Young Blood |E. W. Hornung

“Better say good-bye to Mrs. Horrocks,” said the ironmaster, even more grimly quiet in his tone than before.

The Plattner Story and Others |H. G. Wells

ironmaster

/ (ˈaɪənˌmɑːstə) /

British a manufacturer of iron, esp (formerly) the owner of an ironworks