[syn: Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright]
7. someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wright \Wright\, n. [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr.
wyrcean to work. [root]145. See 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. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Wright
n 1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn:
Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine]
2: United States writer whose work is concerned with the
oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) [syn: Wright,
Richard Wright]
3: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville
Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912) [syn: Wright,
Wilbur Wright]
4: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur
Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948) [syn: Wright,
Orville Wright]
5: influential United States architect (1869-1959) [syn:
Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright]
6: United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
[syn: Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright]
7: someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in
combination)