Definition of Cartwright

1. Noun. English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823).

Exact synonyms: Edmund Cartwright
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Discoverer, Inventor

2. Noun. A workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons.
Generic synonyms: Wright

Definition of Cartwright

1. n. An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

Definition of Cartwright

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English occupational from=Middle English dot=) for someone who made carts. ¹

2. Noun. a person who makes carts; a wainwright ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartwright

cartularies
cartulary
cartway
cartways
cartwheel
cartwheeled
cartwheeler
cartwheelers
cartwheeling
cartwheels
cartwhip
cartwhipped
cartwhipping
cartwhippings
cartwhips
cartwright (current term)
cartwrights
carubicin
carubinose
carucage
carucages
carucate
carucates
carumonam
caruncle
caruncles
caruncula
caruncula lacrimalis

Literary usage of Cartwright

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Baxter lost the manuscript, which turned up tome years after cartwright'g death. In 1078 Baxter published his ' Treatise of Justifying Righteousness,' in ..."

2. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"cartwright. — HE SOLICITS THE GOOD OFFICES OF LORD BURLEIGH. ... cartwright AND OTHERS NOW HELD IN PRISON FOR REFUSING THE OATH. — THEIR CASES REFERRED TO ..."

3. The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign by James Stuart Murray Anderson (1856)
"opponent, cartwright, returned from conduct to ' Whitgift s abroad, in 1585, and showed a disposition uot to renew the work of disturbance, ..."

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