Wainwright

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Wainwright is the occupation of making and repairing wagons. The word is the combination of the archaic words "wain" (a large wagon for farm use) and "wright" (a worker or maker).^[1] It can also refer to:

In places:

• Canada
  • Wainwright, Alberta
• United States
  • Wainwright, Alabama
  • Wainwright, Alaska
  • Wainwright, Missouri
  • Wainwright, Jackson County, Ohio
  • Wainwright, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  • Wainwright, Oklahoma,
  • Wainwrightville, MA

In other uses:

• CFB/ASU Wainwright, Canadian Forces Base located near Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
• Fort Wainwright, United States Army base located near Fairbanks, Alaska
• USC&GS Wainwright (1942) a survey ship in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1942 to 1967
• USS Wainwright, name of three United States Navy ships
• Wainwright Building, landmark office building in St. Louis, Missouri
• Gideon v. Wainwright, major court battle
• List of Wainwrights, 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
• Wainwright (musician), Canadian singer-songwriter

[edit] See also

• Wainwright (name)
• Cartwright - closely related occupation of making and repairing carts.

[edit] References

1. ^ Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, ISBN 0-87779-338-7

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