cowan

noun5

1. •
   A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
2. •
   A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
3. •
   [before a noun] Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.
4. •
   (slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
5. •
   (no longer used, rare) A fishing-boat.