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Webster 1913 Edition


Wright

Wright

,
Noun.
[OE.
wrighte
,
writhe
, AS.
wyrtha
, fr.
wyrcean
to work. √145. See
Work
.]
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; – now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
He was a well good
wright
, a carpenter.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wright

WRIGHT

,
Noun.
An artificer; one whose occupation is some kind of mechanical business; a workman; a manufacturer. This word is now chiefly used in compounds, as in shipwright, wheelwright.

Definition 2024


Wright

Wright

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English

Proper noun

Wright (plural Wrights)

  1. A British occupational surname from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
  2. An American surname; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.

wright

wright

See also: Wright

English

Noun

wright (plural wrights)

  1. (obsolete) A builder or creator of something.
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Etymology 2

Verb

wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)

  1. (dated) Misspelling of write.