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wright
[ rahyt ]
/ raɪt /
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noun
a worker, especially a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination): a wheelwright; a playwright.
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Wright
[ rahyt ]
/ raɪt /
noun
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British Dictionary definitions for wright (1 of 2)
wright
/ (raɪt) /
noun
(now chiefly in combination) a person who creates, builds, or repairs something specifieda playwright; a shipwright
Word Origin for wright
Old English wryhta, wyrhta; related to Old Frisian wrichta, Old Saxon, Old High German wurhtio. See work
British Dictionary definitions for wright (2 of 2)
Wright
/ (raɪt) /
noun
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Medical definitions for wright
Wright
[ rīt ]
British physician and pathologist who developed (1896) a vaccine against typhoid fever.
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