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name
A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Okaloosa County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Carlton County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Schoharie County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Campbell County, Wyoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships, in Indiana, Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:
A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:
Former name of Paranas: a municipality of Samar, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A builder or maker of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Qualifier: archaic elsewhere outside compounds
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verb
Misspelling of write.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, dated, misspelling
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noun
someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer
Narrower terms: cartwright, millwright, plowwright, ploughwright, shipwright, shipbuilder, ship builder, wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wheelwright, wheeler
noun
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Frances Wright, Fanny Wright
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Broader terms: feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber
noun
influential United States architect (1869-1959)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Broader terms: architect, designer
noun
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Orville Wright
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Broader terms: inventor, discoverer, artificer
noun
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wilbur Wright
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Broader terms: inventor, discoverer, artificer
noun
United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Richard Wright
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Broader terms: writer, author
noun
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine
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Broader terms: writer, author
History
English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc.
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Related to wrought and work. Cognate with Dutch wrecht (“worker, builder, wright”, archaic).
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