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Wainwright
Wainwright has become a moderately common surname all over the world. The name descends from the job of those who built and repaired wagons: wain being an English dialectical variant of the word wagon, a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used for agricultural purposes, and wright meaning a craftsman or builder.
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