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• arkwright
  arkwright

  noun

  a maker of chests, boxes, or coffers.
• Arkwright
  Arkwright

  noun

  Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.

arkwright

¹ American  

[ahrk-rahyt] / ˈɑrkˌraɪt /

noun

1. a maker of chests, boxes, or coffers.

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Arkwright ² American  

[ahrk-rahyt] / ˈɑrkˌraɪt /

noun

1. Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.

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Arkwright British  

/ ˈɑːkraɪt /

noun

1. Sir Richard. 1732–92, English cotton manufacturer: inventor of the spinning frame (1769) which produced cotton thread strong enough to be used as a warp

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Etymology

Origin of arkwright

ark + wright

Example Sentences

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Arkwright

Water-wheel powered, the Arkwright produced high-quality cotton thread at unprecedented speed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Ms Arkwright said, once arrested, there was little people could do but wait to be charged.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2020

The British ambassador, Paul Arkwright, said embassy staff were concerned and are talking to the government.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2018

In the Arkwright and Forest Park communities in Spartanburg, South Carolina, residents were living near contaminated industrial sites and a landfill — and dying of respiratory illnesses and cancer at extraordinary rates.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2017

People who had looked suspiciously and enviously on Arkwright at first now reluctantly admitted that his goods were the best to be had, and by-and-by it was he who fixed the prices in the market.

From The Boyhood of Great Inventors by Robertson, A. Fraser