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WRIGHT (1)
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: RIET   [key]
Meaning & History
From Old English wryhta meaning "worker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.
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