Wright

/raɪt/ noun

Definition

A person who builds or makes something, like a shipwright who builds ships or a playwright who writes plays.

Etymology

From Old English 'wright' or 'wryhta' meaning maker or builder, related to 'work.' It appears in compound words where it indicates craftspeople and their trades.

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The suffix '-wright' is hiding in plain sight: shipwrights built ships, wheelwrights made wheels, and playwrights wrote plays—it's like a time machine showing us what jobs were essential centuries ago.

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