Usually means: Maker or builder of something.
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  1. Wright, wright: Merriam-Webster
  2. Wright, wright: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wright: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wright: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Wright, wright: Vocabulary.com
  6. Wright, wright: Wordnik
  7. Wright: Wiktionary
  8. wright: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. wright: Dictionary.com
  10. wright: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Wright (ADL), Wright (disambiguation), Wright (electoral district), Wright: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Wright: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. wright: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. wright: Rhymezone
  15. Wright: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. wright: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. wright: FreeDictionary.org
  18. wright: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. wright: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Wright: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. wright: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  22. wright: Wiktionary
  23. wright: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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  1. Wright (surname), Wright: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wright: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Wright (surname), Wright: Medical dictionary

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  3. WRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHT: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  4. WRIGHT: Acronym Finder

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  1. wright: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wright)

noun:  (archaic except in compounds) A builder or maker of something.
noun:  A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright.
noun:  An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A census-designated place in Okaloosa County, Florida.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas.
noun:  A minor city in Carlton County, Minnesota.
noun:  A town in Schoharie County, New York.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
noun:  A town in Campbell County, Wyoming.
noun:  A number of townships, in Indiana, Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.
noun:  A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.
noun:  A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
noun:  Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:
noun:  A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines
noun:  Former name of Paranas (a municipality of Samar, Philippines).
verb:  (dated) Misspelling of write. [(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.]

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