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Wright

   [rahyt]
–noun
1. Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
2. Frances or Fanny, 1795–1852, U.S. abolitionist and social reformer, born in Scotland.
3. Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, U.S. architect.
4. James, 1927–80, U.S. poet and translator.
5. Joseph (Wright of Derby), 1734–97, English painter.
6. Joseph, 1855–1935, English philologist and lexicographer.
7. Mary Kathryn (Mickey), born 1935, U.S. golfer.
8. Or⋅ville  [awr-vil] , 1871–1948, and his brother Wilbur, 1867–1912, U.S. aeronautical inventors.
9. Richard, 1908–60, U.S. novelist.
10. Rus⋅sel  [ruhs-uhl] , 1904–76, U.S. industrial designer.
11. Willard Huntington (S. S. Van Dine), 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, critic, and author.
12. a male given name.
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Wright, Orville 1871-1948.  
American aviation pioneer who with his brother Wilbur (1867-1912) invented the airplane. On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they made the first controlled, sustained flights in a powered heavier-than-air vehicle.

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