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  wainwright

  noun

  a wagon maker.
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  Wainwright

  noun

  Jonathan Mayhew 1883–1953, U.S. general.

wainwright

¹ American  

[wayn-rahyt] / ˈweɪnˌraɪt /

noun

1. a wagon maker.

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Wainwright ² American  

[wayn-rahyt] / ˈweɪnˌraɪt /

noun

1. Jonathan Mayhew 1883–1953, U.S. general.

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Wainwright ¹ British  

/ ˈweɪnˌraɪt /

noun

1. Loudon. born 1946, US rock singer and songwriter. His albums include Loudon Wainwright III (1970), Fame and Wealth (1983), Grown Man (1995) and Strange Weirdos (2007)

2. his daughter, Martha . born 1976, US rock singer and songwriter. Her recordings include the album Martha Wainwright (2005)

3. his son, Rufus . born 1973, US rock singer and songwriter. His albums include Want One (2003), Want Two (2004) and Release the Stars (2007)

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wainwright ² British  

/ ˈweɪnˌraɪt /

noun

1. a person who makes wagons

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Etymology

Origin of wainwright

before 1000; Middle English; Old English wǣnwyrhta; see wain, wright

Example Sentences

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wainwright Wainwright

We stopped for a handful of days because there was a good wainwright there, and nearly all our wagons needed tending or mending of some sort.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

But according to Wainwright, she particularly enjoyed spending time in the surf town: “She loved doing her flips in Laguna.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Meghan Wainwright, 32, has been spending summers in Muskoka since she was a kid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But on his most recent visit, Wainwright said they found one "within a few minutes".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Wainwright has been searching for new English colonies since he started working for Butterfly Conservation in 2004.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that poor people accused of serious crimes were entitled to counsel.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander