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WAINWRIGHT
wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright
(noun) a wagon maker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wainwright (plural wainwrights)
a person who builds and repairs wagons
Proper noun
Wainwright
An English surname from someone who built wagons.
Noun
Wainwright (plural Wainwrights)
(climbing) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.
Source: Wiktionary
Wain"wright`, n.
Definition: Same as Wagonwright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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