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WILBUR WRIGHT

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Overview

WILBUR WRIGHT (noun)
  The noun WILBUR WRIGHT has 1 sense:

1. United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)play

  Familiarity information: WILBUR WRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WILBUR WRIGHT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Wilbur Wright; Wright

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


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