1. Someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
   "The wheelwright skilfully repaired the broken wagon wheel"

1. Influential United States architect (1869-1959)
   - Frank Lloyd Wright
    
2. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the aeroplane (1871-1948)
   - Orville Wright
    
3. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the aeroplane (1867-1912)
   - Wilbur Wright
    
4. United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
   - Frances Wright, Fanny Wright
    
5. United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
   - Richard Wright
    
6. United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
   - Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine

Sounds like: right, writ

Derived forms: Wrights, wrights

Type of: architect, artificer, artisan, author, craftsperson, designer, discoverer, feminist, inventor, libber [informal], liberationist, women's liberationist, women's rightist, writer

Encyclopedia: Wright, Martha