wright Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
    Willard Huntington Wright; S. S. Van Dine.
  2. noun United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
    Richard Wright.
  3. noun United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
    Wilbur Wright.
  4. noun United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
    Orville Wright.
  5. noun influential United States architect (1869-1959)
    Frank Lloyd Wright.
  6. noun United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
    Fanny Wright; Frances Wright.
  7. noun someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

WordNet

Wright noun
Etymology
OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. See Work.
Definitions
  1. One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
    He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer.

Webster 1913