Definitions from Wiktionary (Housewright)
▸ noun: A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
timberwright,
woodman,
wright,
shipwright,
treewright,
woodworker,
carpenter,
woodcraftman,
castlewright,
housebuilder,
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