wright

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

wright, n. [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. Work.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"He was a well good wright, a carpenter."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wright, n. a maker or builder (usu. in comb.: playwright; shipwright).

Etymology

OE wryhta, wyrhta f. WG: cf. WORK

THESAURUS

wright

ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artisan, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, craftswoman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower, handicraftsman, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, playwright, precursor, prentice, prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, scenewright, shaper, shipwright, sire, smith, technician, wagonwright, wheelwright

ROGET THESAURUS

wright

Agent

N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.