Meanings
cartwright1
plural cartwrights
- historicalA craftsman who makes carts.
Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wagonbuilder, wagonmaker
Synonyms: cartmaker, wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wagonbuilder, wagonmaker
Cartwright2
plural Cartwrights · alternative Catrett
- countableAn English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made carts.
From 1615 to 1954, when the last squire, Richard Cartwright, and his son were killed in a motor accident, the Cartwrights lived in Aynho Park.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 43Synonyms: Wainwright, Wainman
- A placename, from the surname:
- countableuncountableA town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.First known use 1775
In a ceremony six years in the making, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey apologized Friday in Cartwright, on Labrador's southern coast, to residential school survivors and the NunatuKavut people on behalf of the provincial government.
2023 September 29, Alex Kennedy, “N.L. premier apologizes to residential school survivors in southern Labrador”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2025 - countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in North Dakota, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas, United States.
- countableuncountableA suburb in south-west Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA craftsman who makes carts.
proper nounAn English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made carts.
Origin
cartwright · noun
- Middle Englishcartewright
- Englishcartwright
From Middle English cartewright, kartwryght, equivalent to cart + wright.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cartwright · proper noun
English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright. The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan carreter
- carretermaker of carts
Chinese Mandarin 車匠 /车匠
- 車匠 /车匠 (chējiàng)maker of carts
Czech kolář
- kolářmaker of carts
French charron
- charronmaker of carts
German Wagner, Stellmacher
- Wagnermaker of carts
- Stellmachermaker of carts
- Wagenknechtmaker of carts
Greek αμαξουργóς, αμαξοποιός
- αμαξουργóς (amaxourgós)maker of carts
- αμαξοποιός (amaxopoiós)maker of carts
Hungarian bognár
- bognármaker of carts
Italian carradore
- carradoremaker of carts
Norwegian Bokmål vognmaker
- vognmakermaker of carts
Polish stelmach
- stelmachmaker of carts
Romanian caretaș, rotar
- caretașmaker of carts
- rotarmaker of carts
Russian каре́тник, каре́тница
- каре́тник (karétnik)maker of carts
- каре́тница (karétnica)maker of carts
Spanish carretero
- carreteromaker of carts
Swedish vagnsmakare
- vagnsmakaremaker of carts
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
cartwright. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwright
“cartwright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwright. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartwright,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartwright.
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