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 hopes to establish a bespoke wheelwright apprenticeship for Sophie, but, failing that, will send her to Lincoln College for a bench joinery qualification.
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 or a shipwright makes more money than a playwright, ” Anne told William. pneumonia.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Molesworth first saw Simpson’s work in 2019 at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian while vacationing in Santa Fe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
“People feel cared for, they feel thought of,” Wheelwright said of the feedback they have received from those inside prisons.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Wheelwright bolted with his wife, Eliza, for their little gambrel-roofed house on 200 acres.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
For four brief months in 1842 she was employed to give piano lessons to three sisters by the name of Wheelwright.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018
John Cotton and her brother-in-law, John Wheelwright, were held up as examples of those who lived in the covenant of grace.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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