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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wright has 7 senses
- wright(n = noun.person) s. s. van dine, willard huntington wright - United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939); Array is a kind of author, writer
- wright(n = noun.person) richard wright - United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960); Array is a kind of author, writer
- wright(n = noun.person) wilbur wright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912); Array is a kind of artificer, discoverer, inventor
- wright(n = noun.person) orville wright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948); Array is a kind of artificer, discoverer, inventor
- wright(n = noun.person) frank lloyd wright - influential United States architect (1869-1959); Array is a kind of architect, designer
- wright(n = noun.person) fanny wright, frances wright - United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852); Array is a kind of feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist
- wright(n = noun.person) Array - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination); Array has particulars: cartwright, millwright, ploughwright, plowwright, ship builder, shipbuilder, shipwright, waggonwright, wagonwright, wainwright, wheeler, wheelwright
is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman
CIDE DICTIONARY
wright, n. [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. Work.].
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. [1913 Webster]
"He was a well good wright, a carpenter."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
wright, n. a maker or builder (usu. in comb.: playwright; shipwright).
Etymology
OE wryhta, wyrhta f. WG: cf. WORK
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wright
ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artisan, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, craftswoman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower, handicraftsman, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, playwright, precursor, prentice, prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, scenewright, shaper, shipwright, sire, smith, technician, wagonwright, wheelwrightROGET THESAURUS
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Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
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