Wright

·noun One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; ·esp., a worker in wood;

— now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, ·etc.

wright
a carpenter, the only word in use in the East Hiding of Yorkshire, for that trade. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Wright, Thomas
(1810-1877) Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a H...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Wright Street
See Lancaster Place. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Wright, William Aldis
LL.D., etc English scholar. Joint ed. of Globe Shakespeare and of the Cambridge Shakespeare. Bible ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin