housewrights

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A form of housewright — A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).

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Meanings

housewrights1

noun
  1. pluralplural of housewright

Housewrights2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Housewright
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