"woodwright" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: woodwrights [plural]
Etymology: From wood + wright. Compare Middle English timber-wrighte, tymbre wryth (“carpenter”, literally “timber-wright”), Old English trēowwyrhta (“carpenter”), see treewright, timberwright. Etymology templates: {{com|en|wood|wright}} wood + wright, {{cog|enm|timber-wrighte}} Middle English timber-wrighte, {{cog|ang|trēowwyrhta|t=carpenter}} Old English trēowwyrhta (“carpenter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} woodwright (plural woodwrights)
  1. A woodworker. Categories (topical): Occupations, Woodworking Synonyms: carpenter, joiner, timberwright, treewright
    Sense id: en-woodwright-en-noun-Akf5UTwP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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