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 /
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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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Daniel Cartwright, who is a police constable at Bedfordshire Police and was off-duty at the time, was later charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Grandpa” David Cartwright, retired MI5 spymaster, is portrayed by the formidable Jonathan Pryce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
“Good afternoon. Please, how can we get to Marguerite Cartwright Avenue?” he asked.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My mother was a daughter of Crispin Hill, farmer and cartwright, of Harden, and she enjoyed a relationship with Nicholson, the Airedale poet.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
One morning, as he asked himself the difficult question, a pair of old wheels at the door of a cartwright seemed of their own accord to resolve his perplexity.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 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
Abonyi ordered, and the cartwright stepped hesitatingly out into the courtyard.
From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Max Simon Nordau
"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
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