Wright Definition

rīt

noun

A person who makes, constructs, or repairs.

Wheelwright, shipwright.

Webster's New World

(obsolete) A builder or creator of something.

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pronoun

A British occupational surname from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.

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An American surname; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.

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verb

(dated) Common misspelling of write.

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Other Word Forms of Wright

Singular:

wright

Plural:

wrights

From Old English wyrhta, from West Germanic *wurhtjo (as in Proto-Germanic *wurkijanÄ…), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work") (English work). Cognate with English wrought.

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Middle English from Old English wryhta werg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition