wright
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of wright
16 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (dated)A builder or maker of something.
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noun
- (dated)A builder or maker of something.
verb
- (alt-of, dated, misspelling)Misspelling of write.
name
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(countable, uncountable)A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
“In addition to the report, which the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency are using as evidence to weaken pollution rules, the administration has removed all congressionally mandated climate assessments from federal websites. Energy Sec. Chris Wright said the administration is changing those previously published assessments before they put them back on the web, CNN reported.”
- (countable, uncountable)An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
- (countable, uncountable)A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable)A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- (countable, uncountable)Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:
- (countable, uncountable)Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:
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Etymology
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.
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