Cartwright

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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.

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Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

  1. (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
  2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    1. A village in Manitoba, Canada.
    2. A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.
    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.
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