Wrighte

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A skilled craftsman who builds or makes objects, especially one who works with wood or other materials
2. An archaic term for a maker or builder, particularly a worker who constructs things from timber or similar materials
3. Someone who fashions and constructs items by hand, as in an older usage of the trade of building

Etymology: Wrighte is a Middle English spelling of "wright," the old word for a maker or craftsman. Its Old English ancestor, "wyrhta," meant a worker, and it was built from the same root as "wyrcan," "to work." The word's basic sense was broad: a wright was anyone who made something by hand, and the trade was named by what was made. That is why the word survives mainly in compounds such as "wheelwright" (one who makes wheels), "shipwright" (one who builds ships), and "playwright," which, despite the modern association with plays, originally meant a maker of plays in the same sense. The final "-e" in this spelling is a typical Middle English feature, and "wright" was a common surname long before it became a rare standalone word.