Cartwright

/ˌkɑrtˈraɪt/
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Other forms: Cartwrights

Definitions of Cartwright
  1. noun
    English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
    synonyms: Edmund Cartwright
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    example of:
    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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