Cartwright
noun
Edmund, 1743–1822, English clergyman: inventor of the power-driven loom.
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cartwrightnouna person who makes carts
Cartwright
American
[kahrt-rahyt]
/ ˈkɑrtˌraɪt /
noun
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Edmund, 1743–1822, English clergyman: inventor of the power-driven loom.
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his brother John, 1740–1824, English parliamentary reformer.
Cartwright
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British
/ ˈkɑːtˌraɪt /
noun
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Edmund. 1743–1823, British clergyman, who invented the power loom
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Dame Silvia (née Poulter ). born 1943, New Zealand lawyer. She became a High Court judge in 1993; governor general of New Zealand (2001–06).
cartwright
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British
/ ˈkɑːtˌraɪt /
noun
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“Grandpa” David Cartwright, retired MI5 spymaster, is portrayed by the formidable Jonathan Pryce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He told assistant coroner Sophie Cartwright KC there had been "a lot of one-sided information".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Matt Cartwright made millions in office,” Castellani said in the ad.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz shows there is genuine movement toward a peace agreement, Cartwright says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
I looked out at Marguerite Cartwright Avenue below, at a red Volkswagen driving past.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Uncle Tony" was the blacksmith; "Uncle Harry" was the cartwright; "Uncle Abel" was the shoemaker; and all these had hands to assist them in their several departments.
From My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
In the fourth, he came against his fellow-townsman, Samuel Jameson, a cartwright, considered to be one of the best of his trade in the county.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
"The uses of the ash is one of the most universal: it serves the souldier, the carpenter, the wheelwright, cartwright, cooper, turner, and thatcher."
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
Smite thou, Louis Tournay, cartwright of the Marais, old-soldier of the Regiment Dauphiné; smite at that Outer Drawbridge chain, though the fiery hail whistles round thee!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
It is light, elegantly proportioned, painted, varnished—the work rather of a coachbuilder than a cartwright.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
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