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Wright

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         He was a well good wright, a carpenter.  --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

Wright
     n 1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn: {Willard
          Huntington Wright}, {S. S. Van Dine}]
     2: United States writer whose work is concerned with the
        oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) [syn: {Richard
        Wright}]
     3: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville
        Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912) [syn: {Wilbur
        Wright}]
     4: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur
        Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948) [syn: {Orville
        Wright}]
     5: influential United States architect (1869-1959) [syn: {Frank
        Lloyd Wright}]
     6: United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
        [syn: {Frances Wright}, {Fanny Wright}]
     7: someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in
        combination)
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