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cheesewright

cheesewright noun: a cheesemaker.

Noun

cheesewright (plural cheesewrights)

  1. A cheesemaker.
    • As we have already suggested, the high costs and comparative scarcity of skilled cheesewrights and butter-makers placed a burden of work and supervision upon the farmer and his wife that they were less than ever willing to countenance.2000, Edward John T. Collins, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales, page 475

Proper noun capitalized: Cheesewright

Cheesewright

  1. A surname.

Forms of cheesewright

pluralcheesewrights

Origin of cheesewright

From cheese + wright.

Questions about cheesewright

What does cheesewright mean?
Cheesewright means a cheesemaker.
What part of speech is cheesewright?
Cheesewright can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cheesewright?
The plural of cheesewright is cheesewrights.

Words near cheesewright in the dictionary

  1. cheesewires
  2. cheesewoman
  3. cheesewomen
  4. cheesewood
  5. cheesewoods
  6. cheesewright
  7. cheesewrights
  8. cheesey
  9. cheesier
  10. cheesiest
  11. cheesily

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