Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wright"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 Black 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)
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