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Definitions for: Wright
[n] someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
[n] United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
[n] influential United States architect (1869-1959)
[n] United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
[n] United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
[n] United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
[n] United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Webster (1913) Definition: Wright, n. [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr.
wyrcean to work. [root]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.
Synonyms: Fanny Wright, Frances Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Orville Wright, Richard Wright, S. S. Van Dine, Wilbur Wright, Willard Huntington Wright
See Also: architect, artificer, artisan, author, cartwright, craftsman, designer, discoverer, feminist, inventor, journeyman, libber, millwright, ploughwright, plowwright, ship builder, shipwright, waggonwright, wagonwright, wainwright, wheeler, wheelwright, women's liberationist, women's rightist, writer
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