arkwright

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noun

A maker of cabinets or chests.

OriginMiddle English arkewrytte →
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Meanings

arkwright1

nounarkwright (plural arkwrights)

plural arkwrights

  1. obsoleteA maker of cabinets or chests.

    The castle arkwright put in a chequered staircase certainly. It has only one square step, to be steady, yet notwithstumbling are they stalemating backgammoner supstairs by skips and trestles tiltop double corner.

    1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 560

Arkwright2

proper nounArkwright (countable and uncountable, plural Arkwrights)

plural Arkwrights

  1. countableAn English surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Origin

arkwright · noun

  1. Middle Englisharkewrytte
  2. Englisharkwright

From Middle English arkewrytte. By surface analysis, ark + wright.

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Arkwright · proper noun

From arkwright, an occupational surname for a chest maker.

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Cite this entry
APA

arkwright. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkwright

MLA

“arkwright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkwright. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arkwright,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkwright.

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