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Wright

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Wright  (rt), Frances Known as "Fanny." 1795-1852.
Scottish-born American reformer who lectured nationwide on women's rights, birth control, and public education and wrote Views of Society and Manners in America (1823).

Wright, Frank Lloyd 1869-1959.
American architect whose distinctive style, based on natural forms, had a great influence on the modern movement in architecture. His designs include private homes, the Johnson Wax Company Building in Racine, Wisconsin (1939), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1943-1959).

Wright, James Arlington 1927-1980.
American poet who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems (1971).

Wright, Joseph 1855-1930.
British lexicographer and philologist who is best known for The English Dialect Dictionary (1905).

Wright, Mary Kathryn Known as "Mickey." Born 1935.
American golfer who had 82 career wins, including four U.S. Women's Open titles (1958, 1959, 1961, and 1964) and four Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship titles (1958, 1960, 1961, and 1963).

Wright, Orville 1871-1948.
American aviation pioneer who with his brother Wilbur (1867-1912) invented the airplane. On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they made the first controlled, sustained flights in a powered heavier-than-air vehicle.

wright  (rt)
n.
One that constructs or repairs something. Often used in combination: a playwright; a shipwright.

[Middle English, from Old English wryhta; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.Wright - United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
2.Wright - United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
3.WrightWright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
4.WrightWright - United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
5.WrightWright - influential United States architect (1869-1959)
6.WrightWright - United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
7.wright - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
cartwright - a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
millwright - a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
ploughwright, plowwright - a workman who makes and repairs plows
ship builder, shipbuilder, shipwright - a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
wheelwright, wheeler - someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels


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"Thanks be, I'm done with geometry, learning or teaching it," said Anne Shirley, a trifle vindictively, as she thumped a somewhat battered volume of Euclid into a big chest of books, banged the lid in triumph, and sat down upon it, looking at Diana Wright across the Green Gables garret, with gray eyes that were like a morning sky.
Eben Wright said it must cost an awful lot to put in four years at Redmond; and I felt all over me that it was unpardonable of me to squander Marilla's money and my own on such a folly.
On returning to the cab our friend was joined by his companion, who said laughingly, "I should have thought, Wright, you had enough business of your own to look after, without troubling yourself about other people's horses and servants.
 
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