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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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