Meanings
boatwright1
nounboatwright (plural boatwrights)
plural boatwrights
- A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
From the early fourteenth century onwards, the hospital employed a cook and his assistant, along with an assortment of hired hands, including a laundress, a palfreyman, a boatwright, a smith and a swineherd.
1999, Carole Rawcliffe, Medicine for the Soul
Boatwright2
Origin
boatwright · noun
- Middle Englishbotwright
- Englishboatwright
From Middle English botwright, botwrythe, equivalent to boat + wright.
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Danish bådebygger
- bådebyggermaker of wooden boats
Finnish veneenveistäjä
- veneenveistäjämaker of wooden boats
Japanese 船工, 船大工
- 船工 (senkō)maker of wooden boats
- 船大工 (funadaiku)maker of wooden boats
Norwegian Bokmål båtbygger
- båtbyggermaker of wooden boats
Russian шлю́почный ма́стер
- шлю́почный ма́стер (šljúpočnyj máster)maker of wooden boats
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APA
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MLA
“boatwright.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatwright. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boatwright,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatwright.
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