wrightnoun [ C ]
/raɪt//raɪt/old usea person who makes or builds things, especially out of wood:
He was among the first to witness the damage which the teams of wrights and carpenters now laboured to repair.
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- The jury consisted of the Provost, the Baylie, three merchants, a surgeon, a carpenter, a gardener, a smith, a wright, a saddler, a maltman and three other men.
- Soon another change came as wrights and blacksmiths began to work locally and this was speeded up by the coming of industry attracted by the water power of the Water of Leith.
- The stone-built mill, its wright's cottage and one-storey extension have been redesigned.
- She was married to a wright in Fisherrow.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buildng: construction work & workers
- brick
- brick up sth
- bricklayer
- brickwork
- bridge
- builder
- develop
- glazier
- go up
- improver
- jerry-built
- joinery
- roof
- roof sth in/over
- roofer
- roofing
- rouseabout
- scaffolding
- slate
- thatch
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