arkwright
arkwright noun: a maker of cabinets or chests.
Noun
arkwright (plural arkwrights)
- A maker of cabinets or chests.
- The castle arkwright put in a chequered staircase certainly. It has only one square step, to be steady, yet notwithstumbling are they stalemating backgammoner supstairs by skips and trestles tiltop double corner.1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 560
Proper noun capitalized: Arkwright
Arkwright (countable and uncountable, plural Arkwrights)
- An English surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
- A town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
Forms of arkwright
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | arkwrights |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Arkwrights |
Origin of arkwright
From Middle English arkewrytte. By surface analysis, ark + wright.
From arkwright, an occupational surname for a chest maker.
Words formed from arkwright
Questions about arkwright
- What does arkwright mean?
- Arkwright means a maker of cabinets or chests.
- What part of speech is arkwright?
- Arkwright can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of arkwright?
- The plural of arkwright is arkwrights.
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