wagon-maker

  • 51Louis Joliet —     Louis Joliet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Joliet     (Or JOLLIET).     Louis Joliet, a discoverer and the son of a wagon maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in Canada, May 1700. He gave great promise of… …

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  • 52College Grove, Tennessee — College Grove is an unincorporated town near Franklin and Murfreesboro in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. College Grove is predominantly rural. Williamson County was founded in 1799, and College Grove was one of its early communities …

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  • 54carpenter — c.1300 (attested from early 12c. as a surname), from O.N.Fr. carpentier (O.Fr., Mod.Fr. charpentier), from L.L. (artifex) carpentarius wagon (maker), from L. carpentum two wheeled carriage, cart, from Gaulish, from O.Celt. *carpentom (Cf. O.Ir.… …

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  • 55Jolliet, Louis — (1645 1700)    Born at Quebec; son of a wagon maker in the employ of the Company of New France. Educated by the Jesuits, and took minor orders, but renounced his clerical vocation to engage in the fur trade. Sent by Talon to discover copper mines …

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  • 56wainwright — wain•wright [[t]ˈweɪnˌraɪt[/t]] n. a wagon maker • Etymology: bef. 1000 …

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  • 57wainwright — /ˈweɪnraɪt/ (say waynruyt) noun a wagon maker and repairer. {Middle English, from Old English wænwyrhta, from wæn wain + wyrhta wright} …

  • 58carpenter — [kär′pən tər] n. [ME & Anglo Fr < LL carpentarius, carpenter, wagon maker < L carpentum, two wheeled carriage, cart < Gaul] a workman who builds and repairs wooden things, esp. the wooden parts of buildings, ships, etc. vi. to do a… …

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  • 59waggonwright — noun a wagon maker • Syn: ↑wagonwright, ↑wainwright • Hypernyms: ↑wright …

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  • 60Studebaker — /stooh deuh bay keuhr, styooh /, n. Clement, 1831 1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer …

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