Etymology

wainwright

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Today it means: A person who builds and repairs wagons. Full definition →

Middle English *waynwrighte ← Old English wæġnwyrhta
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wainwright · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromwæġnwyrhta
  2. Middle English · inherited from*waynwrighte
  3. English todaywainwright

From unattested Middle English *waynwrighte, from Old English wæġnwyrhta, corresponding to wain + wright.

Wainwright · proper noun, noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromwægnwyrhta
  2. English todayWainwright

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

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