Wright

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This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Wright (disambiguation).

The word wright is a term coming from the Old English word "wryhta" or "wyrhta", meaning worker or maker [1][2] (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name. Wright is also an anglicized version of the Scots Gaelic clan name "MacIntyre" or "Mac an t-Saoir", meaning "Son of the Wright", or Son of the Carpenter".[3]

Most commonly, the name refers to:

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  1. ^ Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. ISBN 0-87779-338-7. 
  2. ^ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. 2. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 311. 
  3. ^ Clan MacIntyre history
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