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WRIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wright" is a kind of...):
artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wright"):
cartwright (a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons)
millwright (a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery)
ploughwright; plowwright (a workman who makes and repairs plows)
ship builder; shipbuilder; shipwright (a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels)
waggonwright; wagonwright; wainwright (a wagon maker)
wheeler; wheelwright (someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
Synonyms:
Fanny Wright; Frances Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Influential United States architect (1869-1959)
Synonyms:
Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
Synonyms:
Orville Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
Synonyms:
Wilbur Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
Synonyms:
Richard Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 7
Meaning:
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Synonyms:
S. S. Van Dine; Willard Huntington Wright; Wright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples:
She promised Wright a receipt, and never sent it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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