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boatwright¹

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From Middle English botwright, botwrythe, equivalent to boat + wright.

noun boatwrights

  1. A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction. From the early fourteenth century onwards, the hospital employed a cook and his assistant, along with an assortment of hired hands, including a laundress, a palfreyman, a boatwright, a smith and a swineherd.

Boatwright²

Where it comes from

From boatwright.

proper noun Boatwrights

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

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noun maker of wooden boats

日本語船工 senkō, 船大工 funadaiku
Русскийшлю́почный ма́стер šljúpočnyj máster

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@misc{boatwright_2026,
  title = {boatwright},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boatwright},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}