wright

/ɹaɪt/

wright

English Noun Top 9,255

Definition

A builder or maker of something.

Etymology

From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.