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