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Cartwright

Alternative forms

(surname): Catrett

Etymology

English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright.

The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/
Hyphenation: Cart‧wright
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɹaɪt
Homophone: cartwright

Proper noun

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made carts.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 43:
  From 1615 to 1954, when the last squire, Richard Cartwright, and his son were killed in a motor accident, the Cartwrights lived in Aynho Park.
Synonyms: Wainwright, Wainman
(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
1. A village in Manitoba, Canada.
2. A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1775]
3. An unincorporated community in North Dakota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas, United States.
6. A suburb in south-west Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.