Definitions for wrightraɪt

wrightraɪt(n.)

a worker, esp. a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination):
a wheelwright; a playwright.

bef. 900; ME; OE wryhta, metathetic var. of wyrhta worker; akin to work

Wrightraɪt(n.)

Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, U.S. architect.
Category: Biography
Orville, 1871–1948, and his brother Wilbur, 1867–1912, U.S. aeronautical inventors.
Category: Biography
Richard, 1908–60, U.S. novelist.
Category: Biography

Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine(noun)
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Wright, Richard Wright(noun)
United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
Wright, Wilbur Wright(noun)
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
Wright, Orville Wright(noun)
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright(noun)
influential United States architect (1869-1959)
Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright(noun)
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
wright(noun)
someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

Wright(ProperNoun)
A British occupational surname from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
Wright(ProperNoun)
An American surname; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit

Origin: wyrhta, from wurhtjo (as in wurkijanan), from werǵ- (English work). Cognate with English wrought.

Wright(noun)
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

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