Wright

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Wright
    n 1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn:
         {Wright}, {Willard Huntington Wright}, {S. S. Van Dine}]
    2: United States writer whose work is concerned with the
       oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) [syn: {Wright},
       {Richard Wright}]
    3: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville
       Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912) [syn: {Wright},
       {Wilbur Wright}]
    4: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur
       Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948) [syn: {Wright},
       {Orville Wright}]
    5: influential United States architect (1869-1959) [syn:
       {Wright}, {Frank Lloyd Wright}]
    6: United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
       [syn: {Wright}, {Frances Wright}, {Fanny Wright}]
    7: someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in
       combination)
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wright \Wright\, n. [OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr.
   wyrcean to work. [root]145. See {Work}.]
   One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business;
   an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a
   worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in
   millwright, wheelwright, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

         He was a well good wright, a carpenter.  --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Wright, AR
  Zip code(s): 72182
Wright, FL (CDP, FIPS 78800)
  Location: 30.44565 N, 86.64030 W
  Population (1990): 18945 (8289 housing units)
  Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Wright, KS
  Zip code(s): 67882
Wright, MN (city, FIPS 71824)
  Location: 46.67209 N, 93.00665 W
  Population (1990): 144 (71 housing units)
  Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 55798
Wright, WY (town, FIPS 85015)
  Location: 43.75070 N, 105.49808 W
  Population (1990): 1236 (527 housing units)
  Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 82732
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Wright, WY -- U.S. town in Wyoming
   Population (2000):    1347
   Housing Units (2000): 544
   Land area (2000):     2.748952 sq. miles (7.119752 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.748952 sq. miles (7.119752 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            85015
   Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
   Location:             43.754988 N, 105.490691 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     82732
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Wright, WY
    Wright
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Wright, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
   Population (2000):    21697
   Housing Units (2000): 10004
   Land area (2000):     5.469406 sq. miles (14.165696 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.068969 sq. miles (0.178630 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    5.538375 sq. miles (14.344326 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            78800
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             30.446373 N, 86.635420 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Wright, FL
    Wright
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Ohio
   Population (2000):    6656
   Housing Units (2000): 2096
   Land area (2000):     11.693277 sq. miles (30.285447 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.087239 sq. miles (0.225949 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    11.780516 sq. miles (30.511396 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            86660
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             39.798708 N, 84.083988 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
    Wright-Patterson AFB
    Wright, OH
    Wright
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Wright, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    93
   Housing Units (2000): 44
   Land area (2000):     1.548659 sq. miles (4.011009 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.548659 sq. miles (4.011009 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            71824
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             46.672033 N, 93.006866 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     55798
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Wright, MN
    Wright
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Wright -- U.S. County in Iowa
   Population (2000):    14334
   Housing Units (2000): 6559
   Land area (2000):     580.722878 sq. miles (1504.065286 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.816264 sq. miles (4.704103 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    582.539142 sq. miles (1508.769389 sq. km)
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             42.729717 N, 93.750180 W
   Headwords:
    Wright
    Wright, IA
    Wright County
    Wright County, IA
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Wright -- U.S. County in Missouri
   Population (2000):    17955
   Housing Units (2000): 7957
   Land area (2000):     682.125963 sq. miles (1766.698058 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.054945 sq. miles (2.732295 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    683.180908 sq. miles (1769.430353 sq. km)
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             37.227226 N, 92.468021 W
   Headwords:
    Wright
    Wright, MO
    Wright County
    Wright County, MO
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Wright -- U.S. County in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    89986
   Housing Units (2000): 34355
   Land area (2000):     660.754275 sq. miles (1711.345644 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    53.634782 sq. miles (138.913443 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    714.389057 sq. miles (1850.259087 sq. km)
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             45.188927 N, 93.915814 W
   Headwords:
    Wright
    Wright, MN
    Wright County
    Wright County, MN
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "wright":
      ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artisan, artist,
      author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor,
      craftsman, craftswoman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer,
      effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father,
      founder, generator, grower, handicraftsman, inaugurator,
      industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer,
      inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master,
      master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, mother, organizer,
      originator, past master, planner, playwright, precursor, prentice,
      prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, scenewright, shaper,
      shipwright, sire, smith, technician, wagonwright, wheelwright

    
from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
WRIGHT

Orville, one of the inventors of the aeroplane who
knows the inside of the business, and believes one life on the
ground is worth two in the air.
    

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