Thesaurus: wright
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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- 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.
- n. someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- 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.
- One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business;an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a workerin wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright,wheelwright, etc.He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer.
- n. United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) n. United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) n. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)