cartwright
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cartwright¹
- /ˈkɑːt.ɹaɪt/ UK
- /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English cartewright, kartwryght, equivalent to cart + wright.
noun cartwrights
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A craftsman who makes carts.
Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wagonbuilder, wagonmaker
Similar: cartmaker, wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wagonbuilder, wagonmaker
Cartwright²
- /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/
Sounds like cartwright · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɹaɪt
Where it comes from
English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright.
The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.
proper noun Cartwrights · Catrett
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An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made carts.
From 1615 to 1954, when the last squire, Richard Cartwright, and his son were killed in a motor accident, the Cartwrights lived in Aynho Park.
Similar: Wainwright, Wainman
- A village in Manitoba, Canada.
- A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador. In a ceremony six years in the making, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey apologized Friday in Cartwright, on Labrador's southern coast, to residential school survivors and the NunatuKavut people on behalf of the provincial government.
- An unincorporated community in North Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas, United States.
- A suburb in south-west Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anson, cartwrighting, wagonbuilder, wainwright, wagonsmith, wainwrighting, waggonwright, wagonwright, wheelwright, wagonmaker, wheelwrighting, cartmaking, wagonwayman, wheeler, carpenter, cartmaker
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noun maker of carts
| Español | carretero |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 車匠 /车匠 chējiàng |
| Français | charron |
| Deutsch | Wagner, Stellmacher, Wagenknecht |
| Italiano | carradore |
| Ελληνικά | αμαξουργóς amaxourgós, αμαξοποιός amaxopoiós |
| Română | caretaș, rotar |
| Русский | каре́тник karétnik, каре́тница karétnica |
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