Definition of wrights Wrights

/ɹajˈts/ - [rayts] -

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Noun Plural: wrights
wright - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
		artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
		cartwright a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
		millwright a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
		ploughwright, plowwright a workman who makes and repairs plows
		shipwright, ship builder, shipbuilder a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
		waggonwright, wagonwright, wainwright a wagon maker
wright - United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
		Frances Wright, Fanny Wright
wright - influential United States architect (1869-1959)
		Frank Lloyd Wright
wright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
		Orville Wright
wright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
		Wilbur Wright
wright - United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
		Richard Wright
wright - United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
		Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine

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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.