name
Meaning 1
An English surname originating as an occupation
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Standard Lemma guide
wainwright
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/ˈweɪnɹaɪt/
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name
Meaning 2
A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.
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Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
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noun
Meaning 9
A person who builds and repairs wagons.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 10
Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.
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Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 11
a wagon maker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wagonwright, waggonwright
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Broader terms: wright
History
Etymology
From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.
From unattested Middle English *waynwrighte, from Old English wæġnwyrhta, corresponding to wain + wright.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: колар (kolar) — maker of wagons
- Czech: kolář — maker of wagons
- Danish: vognmager — maker of wagons
- Dutch: wagenmaker — maker of wagons
- Finnish: vaununtekijä — maker of wagons
- German: Wagner — maker of wagons
- German: Stellmacher — maker of wagons
- German: Wagenbauer — maker of wagons
- German: Wagenmacher — maker of wagons
- German: Radmacher — maker of wagons
- Hungarian: bognár — maker of wagons
- Hungarian: szekérgyártó — maker of wagons
- Italian: carradore — maker of wagons
- Macedonian: колар (kolar) — maker of wagons
- Norwegian Bokmål: vognmaker — maker of wagons
- Old English: wæġnwyrhta — maker of wagons
- Polish: stelmach — maker of wagons
- Russian: теле́жник (teléžnik) — maker of wagons
- Russian: каре́тник (karétnik) — maker of wagons
- Swedish: vagnsmakare — maker of wagons
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