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Wright

noun

United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939). Synonyms: S. S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright.

United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960). Synonym: Richard Wright.

United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912). Synonym: Wilbur Wright.

United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948). Synonym: Orville Wright.

Influential United States architect (1869-1959). Synonym: Frank Lloyd Wright.

United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852). Synonyms: Fanny Wright, Frances Wright.

Someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination).

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... Wright was born in Scotland, and inherited a considerable property. She had been highly educated, and was a woman of rare original powers, and extensive and varied information. She was brought up in the utilitarian principles of Jeremy Bentham. She visited this country in 1824. Returning to England ...

— Public School Education • Michael Mueller

... Control" in the Popular Science Monthly for January, 1910. Considerable parts of the material in the present book have appeared in the Journal of Heredity. Helpful suggestions and criticism have been received from several friends, in particular Sewall Wright and O. E. Baker of the United States Department of ...

— Applied Eugenics • Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson

... it up; she couldn't dig for it, but she knowed whey 'twas—de sperit had tole her. So we got togedder and made a club to go down—three of us. De place was on Wrightsville Sound, not fur from Mr. Wright's place. ...

— Money Island • Andrew Jackson Howell, Jr.

... Corps—a terror to rebels everywhere—had arrived. This sent a thrill of joy into many a heart, and shout after shout went up along the line as its cross came in sight. Yes, the old Sixth Corps, with General Wright, had come once more. It was a proud sight to see these men deploy into line of battle, in front of Fort Stevens, their war-worn colors fluttering in the breeze, with that cross so well known to the ...

— Siege of Washington, D.C. • F. Colburn Adams

... look as old at thirty. He is short and lame, and rather plain, but is clever and agreeable, and speaks with a strong foreign accent. Their son, Mr. Percy Belmont, has been elected three times for Congress. There was a southern lady there and her husband, Madame Hoffman, I think, and a Miss Wright. Madame Hoffman is very handsome and lively. The Belmonts apologized for a small party, because they are in mourning. They keep up mourning dress and customs tremendously long here. At first I thought there were a surprising number of ...

— The British Association's visit to Montreal, 1884: Letters • Clara Rayleigh

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