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Wainwright
//ˈweɪnɹaɪt// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 An English surname originating as an occupation
- 2 A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Noun
- 1 A person who builds and repairs wagons. historical
- 2 Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.
- 3 a wagon maker wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From unattested Middle English *waynwrighte, from Old English wæġnwyrhta, corresponding to wain + wright.
Etymology 2
From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.
Etymology 3
From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.
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