wheelwright
noun
a person whose trade it is to make or repair wheels carriages, etc.
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WheelwrightnounJohn, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
wheelwright
1 American
[hweel-rahyt, weel-]
/ ˈʰwilˌraɪt, ˈwil- /
noun
Wheelwright
2
American
[hweel-rahyt, weel-]
/ ˈʰwilˌraɪt, ˈwil- /
noun
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John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
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John Brooks, 1897–1940, U.S. poet.
wheelwright
British
/ ˈwiːlˌraɪt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of wheelwright
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wheel, wright
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Mr Garner, 47, said the job of a wheelwright had developed over hundreds of years.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
There was also an MBE for Gregory Rowland, a master wheelwright in southwest England who helps keep an ancient craft alive — and repairs the queen’s royal carriages.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
The site overlooks a pond and includes a sawmill, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, along with a two-story house.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
The company, started by a wheelwright and a coachbuilder, began making stagecoaches in Concord in 1826 and eventually dominated the high-end trade for horse-pulled transportation.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
A wheelwright and his helper squat in their dark room hammering spokes into a hub.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
But when Grey Canyon exhibited at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in 1980, the members found that their modern paintings and abstract art clashed with some people’s stereotypical expectations of Native artists.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
The goal is to install 200 libraries by the end of 2023, and 200 every two years to reach 1,000, Wheelwright said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Twenty-five miles northeast of Boym’s weekend home, in the hamlet of Elizaville, New York, Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright was finding it necessary to finish his second novel.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Fifty years later Laetitia Wheelwright was still recalling Emily matter of factly: “I simply disliked her from the first.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018
Taking his hand, she said: "Penloe, this is my mother, Mrs. Wheelwright; my name is Stella."
From A California Girl by Edward Eldridge
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