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单词 housewright
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housewrightn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊsrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌraɪt/
Forms: see house n.1 and int. and wright n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, wright n.1
Etymology: < house n.1 + wright n.1
Now chiefly North American.
A builder of houses, esp. those constructed largely of timber; a house carpenter.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of houses
housera1400
housewright1549
house-raisera1639
housebuilder1681
homebuilder1855
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fivv What housewright by Geometrie found ever out such maner buildyng, as theyr [bees'] commes are of?
c1575 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 289 William Gelson, of Lanchester, houswright.
a1614 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Reuiued (1626) 72 These Symerons..being vnto vs..housewrights to build our lodgings.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 193 Some, Housewrights;..some, Cartwrights.
1709 E. Joy Deed of Sale 19 Dec. in L. B. Chapman York Deeds (1892) VII. fol. 132 Ephraim Joy..housewright Sendeth greeting.
1764 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 vi. 462 The women not only provided bark and stakes, the materials of their houses or cabins, but were the housewrights who built them.
1798 Boston Directory 11 Abbot Joel, housewright, Orange Street.
1845 J. H. Ingraham Harry Harefoot ii. 10 ‘So this is your son Peirce?’ said the old housewright.
1890 A. W. Moore Surnames Isle Man 88 A housewright and church-builder by trade.
1912 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 7 145/2 He was originally bred to the occupation of a housewright but his vigorous mind soon passed the limits of his profession and aspired to..architecture.
1998 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 9 Aug. c5 Troll has used his carpentry skills to work as a housewright for..a home design and construction company.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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cart-wright, house-wright, plough-wright, ship-wright, timber-wright, wagon-wright, wain-wright, wheel-wright: see those words.extracted from wrightn.1
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