wright
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old English wyrhta, from West Germanic *wurhtjo (as in Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”) (English work). Cognate with English wrought.
Noun [edit]
wright (plural wrights)
Translations [edit]
(obsolete) a builder or creator of something
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Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Verb [edit]
wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)
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