cartwright

See also: Cartwright

English

Etymology

From Middle English cartewright, kartwryght, equivalent to cart +‎ wright.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːt.ɹaɪt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/
Hyphenation: cart‧wright

Noun

cartwright (plural cartwrights)

(chiefly historical) A craftsman who makes carts.
Synonym: cartmaker

Hypernyms: wright < craftsman < person

Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) wagonwright, waggonwright, wainwright, wagonbuilder, wagonmaker

Derived terms

Cartwright

Related terms

Translations

maker of carts

Catalan: carreter m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 車匠 / 车匠 (zh) (chējiàng)
Czech: kolář (cs) m
German: Wagner (de) m, Stellmacher (de) m, Wagenknecht (de)
Greek: αμαξουργóς m (amaxourgós), αμαξοποιός m (amaxopoiós)
Hungarian: bognár (hu)
Italian: carradore (it) m
Macedonian: колар m (kolar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vognmaker m
Polish: stelmach (pl) m
Romanian: caretaș (ro) m, rotar (ro) m
Russian: каре́тник (ru) m (karétnik), каре́тница f (karétnica)
Spanish: carretero (es) m
Swedish: vagnsmakare c

See also

truckmaker

References

^ “cartwright, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.