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Cartwright
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cartwright
English
Alternative forms
surname en Catrett
Etymology
English surname, from the nouns en cart + en wright maker, crafter. As a en nl - surname, variant of en 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
en /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/
en Cart wright
en ɑː(ɹ)tɹaɪt 2
en cartwright
Proper noun
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en countable en English occupations for someone who made carts.
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 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.
en Wainwright Wainman
en uncountable A placename, from the surname:
en village p/Manitoba c/Canada.
en town region/Labrador p/Newfoundland and Labrador. From 1775
en w:CBC News N.L. premier apologizes to residential school survivors in southern Labrador September 29 2023 Alex Kennedy In a ceremony six years in the making, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey apologized Friday in Cartwright, on Labrador's southern coast, to residential school survivors and the NunatuKavut people on behalf of the provincial government. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-nunatukavut-residential-school-apology-1.6982648 https://web.archive.org/web/20251116101316/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-nunatukavut-residential-school-apology-1.6982648
en place c/USA:
en twp co/Sangamon County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community s/North Dakota.
en unincorporated community s/Oklahoma.
en unincorporated community co/Wood County s/Texas.
en suburb in south-west city/Sydney in the city:Pref/Liverpool s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Cartwrightian Cartwrights Hill
en eponyms