wright

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Etymology 1

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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.

Noun

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wright (plural wrights)

  1. (archaic except in compounds) A builder or maker of something.
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Verb

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wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)

  1. (dated) Misspelling of write.