wright

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wright - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He was a well good wright, a carpenter.  --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

wright - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

wright - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Wright, AR
    Zip code(s): 72182
  Wright, FL (CDP, FIPS 78800)
    Location: 30.44565 N, 86.64030 W
    Population (1990): 18945 (8289 housing units)
    Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Wright, KS
    Zip code(s): 67882
  Wright, MN (city, FIPS 71824)
    Location: 46.67209 N, 93.00665 W
    Population (1990): 144 (71 housing units)
    Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 55798
  Wright, WY (town, FIPS 85015)
    Location: 43.75070 N, 105.49808 W
    Population (1990): 1236 (527 housing units)
    Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 82732

wright - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "wright":
     ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artisan, artist,
     author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor,
     craftsman, craftswoman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer,
     effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father,
     founder, generator, grower, handicraftsman, inaugurator,
     industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer,
     inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master,
     master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, mother, organizer,
     originator, past master, planner, playwright, precursor, prentice,
     prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, scenewright, shaper,
     shipwright, sire, smith, technician, wagonwright, wheelwright