gunwright

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gunwright

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From gun + wright.

noun gunwrights

A maker of guns. Many of them were sent to the provincial gunsmiths, and good Samuel Miller, locksmith and gunwright, labored long and wearily to put the uncouth weapons into something like effective shape for his discontented countrymen.
Similar: gunmaker, gunbuilder, gunsmith

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@misc{gunwright_2026,
  title = {gunwright},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunwright},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}