Definition of wright

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Wright (n.) 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..

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Playwright :: Playwright (n.) A maker or adapter of plays.
Ploughwright :: Ploughwright (n.) One who makes or repairs plows.
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright..
Housebuilder :: Housebuilder (n.) One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.
Wagonwright :: Wagonwright (n.) One who makes wagons.
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..
Wrightine :: Wrightine (n.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine..
Wainwright :: Wainwright (n.) Same as Wagonwright.
Housewright :: Housewright (n.) A builder of houses.
Shipwright :: Shipwright (n.) One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
Wheelwright :: Wheelwright (n.) A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like..
Cartwright :: Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
Builder :: Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason..
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Plowwright :: Plowwright (n.) Alt. of Ploughwrigh.
Playwriter :: Playwriter (n.) A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
Shipbuilder :: Shipbuilder (n.) A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
Wright :: Wright (n.) 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..
Millwright :: Millwright (n.) A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery..
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