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woodwright

woodwright noun: a woodworker.

Noun

woodwright (plural woodwrights)

  1. A woodworker.
    • These legends of many-sided craftsmanship, of gold and silver and armourer's work, the stories of the masters in marble and stone, the weavers and the dyers, the woodwrights, the carvers and the painters, […]1912, Henry Wilson, On Workmanship: A Lecture, page 20

Synonyms of woodwright

Forms of woodwright

pluralwoodwrights

Origin of woodwright

From wood + wright. Compare Middle English timber-wrighte, tymbre wryth (“carpenter”, literally “timber-wright”), Old English trēowwyrhta (“carpenter”), see treewright, timberwright.

Questions about woodwright

What does woodwright mean?
Woodwright means a woodworker.
What part of speech is woodwright?
Woodwright is a noun.
What is the plural of woodwright?
The plural of woodwright is woodwrights.

Words near woodwright in the dictionary

  1. woodwormy
  2. Woodworth
  3. Woodworths
  4. woodwose
  5. woodwoses
  6. woodwright
  7. woodwrights
  8. woody
  9. woody breast
  10. Woody Creek
  11. Woody Head

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