Meaning

noun United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)

noun United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)

noun United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)

originFrom 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.

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