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CARTWRIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cartwright" is a kind of...):
wright (someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination))
Sense 2
Meaning:
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
Synonyms:
Cartwright; Edmund Cartwright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
