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Definition of Cartwright
1. Noun. English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823).
2. Noun. A workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons.
Definition of Cartwright
1. n. An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
Definition of Cartwright
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English occupational from=Middle English dot=) for someone who made carts. ¹
2. Noun. a person who makes carts; a wainwright ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartwright
Literary usage of Cartwright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Baxter lost the manuscript, which turned up tome years after Cartwright'g death.
In 1078 Baxter published his ' Treatise of Justifying Righteousness,' in ..."
2. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"Cartwright. — HE SOLICITS THE GOOD OFFICES OF LORD BURLEIGH. ... Cartwright AND
OTHERS NOW HELD IN PRISON FOR REFUSING THE OATH. — THEIR CASES REFERRED TO ..."
3. The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign by James Stuart Murray Anderson (1856)
"opponent, Cartwright, returned from conduct to ' Whitgift s abroad, in 1585, and
showed a disposition uot to renew the work of disturbance, ..."
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