wright
See also: Wright
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker; wright; workman; artificer; laborer; craftsman”), from Proto-Germanic *wurhtijô (as in *wurkijaną), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”) (English work). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht.
Noun
wright (plural wrights)
Derived terms
Translations
(obsolete) a builder or creator of something
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Etymology 2
Verb
wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)
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