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wright (rīt)

noun

a person who makes, constructs, or repairs: used chiefly in compounds wheelwright, shipwright

Etymology: ME < OE wyrhta, a worker, maker < wyrcan, to work

Wright definition

Wright (rīt)

  1. Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959; U.S. architect
  2. Wright, Joseph 1734-97; Eng. painter: called Wright of Derby
  3. Wright, Orville 1871-1948; U.S. airplane inventor with his brother Wilbur
  4. Wright, Richard 1908-60; U.S. novelist
  5. Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912; U.S. airplane inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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