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Wainwright

Wainwright \Wain"wright`\, n. Same as Wagonwright.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wainwright

"wagon-builder," Old English wægn-wyrhta; see wain + wright.

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wainwright

n. (context climbing English) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells'' (1955–1966), often visited as a form of (w: peak bagging). n. (surname A=An English from=occupations dot=) from someone who built wagons.

WordNet
wainwright

n. a wagon maker [syn: wagonwright, waggonwright]

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Wainwright, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 546
Housing Units (2000): 179
Land area (2000): 17.563013 sq. miles (45.487993 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 24.888839 sq. miles (64.461795 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 42.451852 sq. miles (109.949788 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82750
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 70.647185 N, 160.016216 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99782
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Wainwright, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 197
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.292617 sq. miles (0.757875 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.292617 sq. miles (0.757875 sq. km)
FIPS code: 77900
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.613426 N, 95.566116 W
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Wikipedia
Wainwright

A wainwright or cartwright is a trades person skilled in the making and repairing of wagons and carts. The word wainwright is the combination of the archaic words " wain" (a large wagon for farm use) and "wright" (a worker or maker). A master wainwright employs several craftsmen, including wheelwrights, blacksmiths and painters.

Wainwright (provincial electoral district)

Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada that existed from 1913 to 2004. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Wainwright (name)

Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, "waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. There are many variations. People with the name include:

Wainwright (disambiguation)

A wainwright is a tradesperson skilled in the making and repairing of wagons.

Wainwright may also refer to:

Usage examples of "wainwright".

Sydney did assure him that Sebastian intended to discuss his unexpected abilities with him when next they met, and Dagon laughed once again having expected nothing less from a man as practical and dynamic as Sebastian Wainwright.

Wainwright has shown how priestly breastplates, from Yorubaland in southern Nigeria of the medieval period, recall similar models dedicated to Amun in dynastic Egypt.

Shanks, the scrawny wainwright Killian had drunk with in a London pub.

Wainwright talked about the same games as Tice had-the stun operator would intentionally misstun hogs so that Wainwright would have a hard time shackling them.

To her dismay, two were the Misses Wainwright, in matching white tarlatan gowns.

Woodcarvers and carpenters, potters, glaziers, tanners and cobblers and saddlemakers, goldsmiths and stonemasons, coopers, wainwrights, and especially Grijalva Limnersmasters of every craft waited nervously for the outcome of fierce competition.

Not yet out of his teens, Wainwright had already been working as a day-shift shackler for two years.

The Wainwrights were perfectly capable of carrying on a conversation without any help from him.

With the exception of Desdemona, the Wainwrights lolled about in various arty poses, vying for space and attention.

To tell you the truth, the older generation of Wainwrights finds it a little embarrassing.

Maybe we Wainwrights tend toward the theater arts because we think in arty ways.

The first was the unmistakable possessiveness and resentment that he had seen in Tony Wainwrights eyes.

Augustus always says, the only things Wainwrights can depend on are each other.

The crowd of Wainwrights waited with piqued curiosity to see what Starks idea of a birthday present was.

Desdemona would have gotten in touch with him by now and told him that the Wainwrights and the Starks were no longer on speaking terms.