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  Cartwright

  noun

  Edmund, 1743–1822, English clergyman: inventor of the power-driven loom.
• cartwright
  cartwright

  noun

  a person who makes carts

Cartwright

American  

[kahrt-rahyt] / ˈkɑrtˌraɪt /

noun

1. Edmund, 1743–1822, English clergyman: inventor of the power-driven loom.

2. his brother John, 1740–1824, English parliamentary reformer.

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Cartwright ¹ British  

/ ˈkɑːtˌraɪt /

noun

1. Edmund. 1743–1823, British clergyman, who invented the power loom

2. Dame Silvia (née Poulter ). born 1943, New Zealand lawyer. She became a High Court judge in 1993; governor general of New Zealand (2001–06).

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cartwright ² British  

/ ˈkɑːtˌraɪt /

noun

1. a person who makes carts

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“Grandpa” David Cartwright, retired MI5 spymaster, is portrayed by the formidable Jonathan Pryce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Cartwright also said she would be recalling a number of witnesses, including Basu and team physio Francesca Carr.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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 did not believe much in Raven and his power, though more than the Reverend Cartwright thought I did.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

"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

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

Abonyi ordered, and the cartwright stepped hesitatingly out into the courtyard.

From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Max Simon Nordau

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

Pista, the cartwright, profited by the moment to approach, and with gay cries and gestures invite her to dance again.

From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Max Simon Nordau