WRIGHT

wright

(noun) someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright

(noun) United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)

Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright

(noun) influential United States architect (1869-1959)

Wright, Orville Wright

(noun) United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)

Wright, Wilbur Wright

(noun) United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)

Wright, Richard Wright

(noun) United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)

Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine

(noun) United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Wright (plural Wrights)

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

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

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wright is the 35th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 458,980 individuals. Wright is most common among White (65.8%) and Black/African American (28.2%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

wright (plural wrights)

(obsolete) A builder or maker of something.

Etymology 2

Verb

wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)

(dated) Misspelling of write.

Source: Wiktionary


Wright, n. Etym: [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. sq. root145. See Work.]

Definition: 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. He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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