Wainwright

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”).

IPA^(key): /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/

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Wainwright

1. An English surname originating as an occupation
2. A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
   2. A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
   3. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
   5. An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
   6. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

Wainwright (plural Wainwrights)

1. (climbing) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.