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English privateer and buccaneer
William Wright (fl. 1675-1682) was an English privateer in French service and later buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 17th century. Little
William_Wright_(privateer)
Topics referred to by the same term
(privateer) (fl. 1675–1682), English privateer and buccaneer William B. Wright (1806–1868), justice of the New York Supreme Court William Henry Wright
William_Wright
Person or ship engaging in maritime warfare under commission
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of
Privateer
British private vessel
outfitted by a Mr. Hardwar and was captained by William Hutchinson, an associate of Mersey privateer Fortunatus Wright. Liverpool was outfitted with 22 guns, 18
Liverpool_(privateer)
Scottish privateer (1654–1701)
William Kidd (c. 1645 – 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist
William_Kidd
William Hutchinson (c. 1715 probably in Newcastle upon Tyne, England – 11 February 1801 in Liverpool, England) was an English mariner, privateer, author
William Hutchinson (privateer)
William_Hutchinson_(privateer)
A privateer was a private person authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering was an accepted part
List_of_privateers
Burrows II William West (Rhode Island politician) William Williams (naval officer) William Wright (privateer) Will Turner Wimund Wokou Women in piracy Woodes
Index of piracy–related articles
Index_of_piracy–related_articles
British merchant and privateer
Fortunatus Wright (c.1712–1757) was a British merchant and privateer, notable for his activities in the Mediterranean Sea during the War of the Austrian
Fortunatus_Wright
Scottish privateer
twenty-gun British privateer Britannia in 1751. In 1752, he married Margaret Rogers, with whom he had four children: John, William, Margaret and Mary
John_Macpherson_(privateer)
Colonial American privateer
Thomas Paine (c. 1632–1715) was a colonial American privateer and pirate who, during the late 17th century, raided several Spanish settlements. He participated
Thomas_Paine_(privateer)
American WWII-era aircraft engine
The Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 (also called Twin Cyclone) is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, and widely used in aircraft in the 1930s
Wright_R-2600_Twin_Cyclone
John Cook (died 1684) was an English buccaneer, privateer, and pirate. In 1679, when he was still a merchant captain, Cook abandoned his ship on the island
John_Cook_(pirate)
English privateer d. 1574
55806°W / 9.09750; -81.55806 John Noble (d. 1574) was an Elizabethan privateer who cruised the Caribbean coast of Veragua. In early June 1574, Noble
John_Noble_(privateer)
English privateer fl. 1574–1575
Gilbert Horseley (fl. 1574–1575) was an Elizabethan privateer who lead raids in Veragua and colonial Honduras. Sylvester, a French corsair, is thought
Gilbert_Horseley
This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list
List_of_pirates
Pirates, privateers, corsairs, and buccaneers were active in the Bay of Honduras, in the western Caribbean Sea, from the 1540s to the 1860s. Their actions
Timeline of piracy in the Bay of Honduras
Timeline_of_piracy_in_the_Bay_of_Honduras
Amount of money received by the winner of a prize or award
crew of a ship belonging to the state, either a warship of its navy or a privateer vessel commissioned by the state. Prize money was most frequently awarded
Prize_money
Name of several pirates of the Caribbean
the local Cimarron. On 15 May 1584 four privateer ships, two frigates and three pinnaces commanded by William Parker of Plymouth and Jérémie Raymond of
Diego_el_Mulato
Jones, celebrity doctor James Ketchell, adventurer Sir James Lancaster, privateer and trader John Aidan Liddell, Victoria Cross recipient Cecil Lowther
List of people from Basingstoke
List_of_people_from_Basingstoke
types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN. Also included are special
List of ships of the Confederate States Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Confederate_States_Navy
American soldier (1745-1828)
1745, Salem, Massachusetts – September 28, 1828 Sullivan, Maine) was a privateer and soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary
Paul_Dudley_Sargent
1775 military operation
1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, involved two American privateers of the Marblehead Regiment attacking and pillaging Charlottetown, Prince
Raid_on_Charlottetown_(1775)
American slave owner (1774–1845)
wealthiest free black resident. Stanly was the illegitimate son of privateer John Wright Stanly and half-brother to U.S. Congressman John Stanly. He became
John_Carruthers_Stanly
May – French buccaneer Michel de Grammont is joined by English privateers William Wright and Thomas Paine at Isla Blanca in a raid on Caracas successfully
1680s_in_piracy
Pirate stronghold in the Bahamas (1713–1718)
reached Nassau in 1718 and restored British control. Rogers, a former privateer himself, offered clemency to the pirates of the Bahamas, known as the
Flying_Gang
Jean Bernanos (b. c. 1648 - d. 1695) was a French buccaneer, privateer, and pirate active in the Caribbean and across Spanish Central America. Born in
Jean_Bernanos
Dutch privateer
Hacha with Thomas Paine in 1680. In September 1681, he and English privateer William Wright sailed together from Bocas del Toro. Although Willems did not have
Jan_Willems_(Dutch_buccaneer)
1781 battle
Revolutionary War. The raid involved two American privateers - the Resolution (commanded by William Morgan) and the Reprisal (commanded by John Curtis)
Raid on Annapolis Royal (1781)
Raid_on_Annapolis_Royal_(1781)
Brig of the Royal Navy
into service and she served in the Mediterranean where she captured a privateer and a French naval brig during the French Revolutionary Wars. After the
HMS_Vincejo
was "almost the 14th American Colony". Largely as a result of American privateer raids on Nova Scotia villages, as the war continued, the population of
Nova Scotia in the American Revolution
Nova_Scotia_in_the_American_Revolution
Royal Navy commander (1672 – 1740)
of the French ship La Marianne (1693), the privateer Le Saint Antoine (1693), and the Jacobite privateer Prince of Wales (1693). In April 1695 he was
Salmon_Morrice
Coventry-class Royal Navy frigate
colonies during the American Revolutionary War. Principally a hunter of privateers, she was also designed to be a match for small French frigates, but with
HMS_Levant_(1758)
Welsh landowner and diarist
troubles of his daughter Mary, who in 1738 married Fortunatus Wright, merchant and privateer of Liverpool. 17th. The Wind S W. dark & cloudy, made some little
William_Bulkeley_(diarist)
American Continental Navy officer
David Hawley (1741–1807) was a captain in the Continental Navy and a privateer during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded Royal Savage in the
David_Hawley
la Carraca, Cádiz in 1752. The ship fired several broadsides into the privateer Antigallican when held at Cádiz in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven
Spanish_frigate_Hermione
midst of the Napoleonic Wars and Latin American Wars of Independence. Privateers loyal to all sides were active in the Caribbean and used their existing
Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States
Post-1808_importation_of_slaves_to_the_United_States
French buccaneer
1686?) was a French privateer. He was born in Paris, France and was lost at sea in the north-east Caribbean, April 1686. His privateer career lasted from
Michel_de_Grammont
trader and land speculator at Detroit John Bacon (died 1783), New Jersey privateer and marauder who preyed on Patriots in and around the Pine Barrens and
List of Loyalists (American Revolution)
List_of_Loyalists_(American_Revolution)
1779 expedition of the American Revolutionary War
guns) Vengeance (24 guns) Charming Sally (22 guns) (privateer) Black Prince (18 guns) (privateer) Hunter (18 guns) Active (16 guns) Hazard (16 guns) Tyrannicide
Penobscot_Expedition
Frigate of the Royal Navy
informed that she (with Nautilus) had retaken the William Penn, from Philadelphia, and also, a French privateer of 16 guns and 130 men. He then returned Cleopatra
HMS_Cleopatra_(1779)
U.S. federal government debt (united states national debt)
2011. "The-privateer.com, 1940–1960". The-privateer.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. "The-privateer.com, 1961–1971"
National debt of the United States
National_debt_of_the_United_States
American politician (1801–1872)
When the Confederacy announced in April 1861 that it would authorize privateers, Seward sent word to the American representatives abroad that the U.S
William_H._Seward
Scottish Independence Andrew Murray William Douglas Patrick V John Randolph Archibald Douglas Others Andrew Barton (privateer) - notorious Scottish sailor who
List_of_guerrillas
Narcissus-class frigate
the Royal Navy, built at Frindsbury and launched in 1801. She captured privateers on the Jamaica station and fought in the Gunboat War and elsewhere in
HMS_Tartar_(1801)
Spanish naval attack on British America during the War of Jenkins' Ear
was an attack on Brunswick Town, North Carolina, conducted by Spanish privateers between September 3 and 6, 1748, during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The raiders
Brunswick_Town_raid
American activist, businessman and abolitionist (1766–1842)
At the age of 14, during the Revolutionary War, Forten served on the privateer Royal Louis, commanded by Captain Stephen Decatur Sr. The Royal Louis
James_Forten
captured William Bayard on 13 March 1813. The Royal Navy commissioned William Bayard as HMS Alban in October 1813 under Lieutenant Mayson Wright. Wright was
HMS_Alban_(1813)
Provincial park of New Brunswick, Canada
attacked eight American privateers in a house they were occupying on Partridge island. The British killed three of the privateers and the other five were
Partridge Island (Saint John County)
Partridge_Island_(Saint_John_County)
Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy
essentially independently while capturing or destroying some 20 enemy privateers and naval vessels. Several of the captures involved engagements that resulted
HMS_Racoon_(1795)
Bristol merchant and privateer
Andrew Barker (d. 1577) was an Bristolian merchant and Elizabethan privateer. Barker, of Bristol, in partnership with his brother John, was for some years
Andrew_Barker_(merchant)
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2014–15 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball
2014–15 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team
2014–15_New_Orleans_Privateers_women's_basketball_team
French Navy officer, privateer and sea captain
François Thurot (22 July 1727 – 28 February 1760) was a French Navy officer, privateer and sea captain who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven
François_Thurot
Captured schooner of the US Navy
commissioned under Commander William Mackenzie Godfrey, on the Halifax station. Emulous proceeded to capture a number of American privateers or merchant vessels
USS_Nautilus_(1799)
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
toward Washington's neutrality policy. He procured four American ships as privateers to strike at Spanish forces (British allies) in Florida while organizing
George_Washington
Acts of robbery or criminality at sea
predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples of such areas include the waters
Piracy
Caribbean trip by the English explorer
Sir Francis Drake's expedition of 1572–1573 was an uncommissioned privateering voyage by Sir Francis Drake to the western and southern Caribbean Sea
Francis Drake's expedition of 1572–1573
Francis_Drake's_expedition_of_1572–1573
United States Navy officer and judge
early in the American Revolution. He was recruited to join the crew of a privateer commanded by a Captain Reed. After one cruise with Reed, Perry left him
Christopher_Raymond_Perry
British pirate
Retrieved 29 June 2023. Clifford (2008), p. 1. Piat, Denis. Pirates & Privateers of Mauritius, Editions Didier Millet, 2014 ISBN 9789814385664 Wilson,
Edward_Congdon
Wars in North Africa between the United States and the Barbary States, 1801-1805, 1815
incidents of piracy in the region. The Barbary corsairs were pirates and privateers who operated out of North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Tunis
Barbary_Wars
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
Founders Fund also invested in the Seattle-based private equity fund Privateer Holdings in 2015, thereby becoming the first institutional investor in
Peter_Thiel
English or Scotch buccaneer active during 1630s
that Wallace was Sir Walter Raleigh's chief mate at least during that privateer's El Dorado expedition, and further, that Wallace sailed from England on
Peter_Wallace_(buccaneer)
American Merchant Sea Captain (1755–1806)
captured by French privateers, during the Franco-American Quasi-War. Later in that conflict, Gray commanded an American privateer. He died at sea in 1806
Robert_Gray_(sea_captain)
1995 film by Renny Harlin
being the innocent daughter of the village doctor Harry (the British privateer of the four men) who becomes embroiled in the adventure. Instead of being
Cutthroat_Island
1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-0225-2. OCLC 10483821. Siebert, William (October 1943). "Privateering in Florida Waters and Northward in the Revolution". The
Battle_of_Thomas_Creek
Village in Anglesey, Wales
Thomas. "William Bulkely (1691-1760)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Brynddu and the Privateer, Fortunatus Wright Archived
Llanfechell
Variously-named cutter to brig
the land and under the command of Lieutenant Mayson Wright when she captured the French privateer lugger Bienvenu (or Bien Venu), of Calais. She was armed
Hired armed cutter Marechal de Cobourg
Hired_armed_cutter_Marechal_de_Cobourg
1516–1830 autonomous Ottoman state in North Africa
on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Reis (also known as the Barbarossa brothers)
Regency_of_Algiers
Surname list
recipient William Barton (soldier) (1748–1831), American Revolutionary War soldier, known for capturing an enemy general Andrew Barton (privateer) (c. 1466–1511)
Barton_(surname)
Military unit
Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present by Benerson Little (Potomac Books, 2010) Still Jr., William N. (August 1961)
Confederate_States_Navy
Legendary female pirate
and Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley. Charlotte de Berry Filibuster Privateer "The women who are often discussed in pirate histories – including Queen
Jacquotte_Delahaye
English slave trader
Parke (1729/30 – 1819) was a Liverpool slave trader, merchant, banker and privateer. He was part of the complex network of business interests and finance
Thomas_Parke_(merchant)
Vice President of the United States from 1805 to 1812
Scottish clergyman. During the French and Indian War, he first served on the privateer Defiance operating in the Caribbean, before enlisting in the provincial
George Clinton (vice president)
George_Clinton_(vice_president)
British Naval Officer
on another privateer, La Trompeuse, of 5 guns and about 70 men, lying in the Artibonite River, in the west of Santo Domingo. The privateer was boarded
Thomas_Ussher
Calendar year
1923. January 6 – The Royal Navy ship Bacchus engages the Spanish Navy privateer Begona, and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the
1744
American politician (1753–1822)
shipbuilding. He served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant on a privateer. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
William_Widgery
American naval and political dynasty from Rhode Island
Revolution. He then served on a privateer commanded by a Captain Reed. After one cruise with Reed, Perry signed on to the privateer Mifflin commanded by George
Perry_family
Seaside town in Norfolk, England
John Clipperton (1676–1722) of Clipperton Island, privateer who fought against the Spanish Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681–1751) Governor of Virginia
Great_Yarmouth
Curtiss-Wright, (not to be confused with Curtis Wright) Curtiss-Wright 2500 Air-Car Curtiss-Wright Aircoach Curtiss-Wright Bee Curtiss-Wright Bunting
List_of_aircraft_(Co–Cz)
Wright Sr., American architect; Scottish Rite Masonry John Wrightson (1840–1916), pioneer in agricultural education. Cotteswold Lodge No 593. William
List_of_Freemasons_(E–Z)
Royal Navy officer (1716–1792)
Biscay; in June he chased a small privateer into Pontevedra where he was forced to call off the chase as the privateer entered the river, instead raiding
George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk
George_Carnegie,_6th_Earl_of_Northesk
Albery, William; Robb, Raymond L; Anderson, Lee (7 January 2011). MH-53J/M Pave Low III/IV Systems Engineering Case Study (Report). Wright-Patterson
List of military electronics of the United States: A–G
List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States:_A–G
American Founding Father and judge (1740–1799)
jurisdiction over the awarding of prizes brought into American ports by foreign privateers. The Supreme Court asserted otherwise in seriatim opinions and established
William_Paca
American merchant, Founding Father, and politician (1734–1806)
commission privateers to attack British shipping, and he arranged for an agent, William Bingham, to pay for repairs to American privateers on the French
Robert_Morris_(financier)
American politician (1752–1804)
[citation needed] He had made his fortune through joint ownership of privateers and trading. He became a major land developer, purchasing lands in upstate
William_Bingham
Religious concentration in the Congregationalist and Anglican Churches
with thirty more missionaries. This journey was disastrous. A French privateer captured Duff, landed its prisoners in Montevideo, and sold her. The expense
London_Missionary_Society
American enslaved person, Civil War veteran and diarist
Gould IV 2002, p. xi. Gould IV 2002, p. 15. O'Connor, Brian Wright (October 3, 2012). "William Benjamin Gould's diary traces road to freedom". The Bay State
William_B._Gould
Brigaut (1653–1686), privateer. William II de La Marck (1542–1578), privateer. Jacques de Sores ("The Exterminating Angel"), privateer. Jean-Baptiste du
List of people with Huguenot ancestry
List_of_people_with_Huguenot_ancestry
Pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife
famous 1827 duel between Bowie and several men including a Major Norris Wright of Alexandria, Louisiana. The fight took place on a sandbar in the Mississippi
Bowie_knife
1939 bomber aircraft family by Consolidated Aircraft
The B-24 was rapidly phased out of U.S. service, although the PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol derivative carried on in service with the U.S. Navy in
Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
American socialite, daughter of Aaron Burr (1783–1813)
which had originally been built as a pilot boat and had served as a privateer during the war, when it was commissioned by the U.S. government to prey
Theodosia_Burr_Alston
1923–1943 aircraft manufacturer in the United States
Aircraft Company's liquidation and Fleet's purchase of designs from the Dayton-Wright Company as the subsidiary was being closed by its parent corporation, General
Consolidated_Aircraft
British composer (born 1971)
earlier worked on Wing Commander related titles such as Privateer 2: The Darkening. Privateer 2 featured Full-motion video and its movie component starred
James_Hannigan
Public university in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
its main campus. The university's athletic teams are the Privateers. A total of 14 Privateer teams compete in the NCAA Division I Southland Conference
University_of_New_Orleans
Royal Navy officer (died 1812)
Port-de-Paix on 20 April 1797. On 25 October 1798, Drake captured the French privateer La Favorite. The prize money for Perkins (amounting to 2/8 of the total
John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)
John_Perkins_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Somali pirate (born 1990)
vessel, Muse and his remaining compatriots lost sight of third mate Collin Wright. The two other pirates opened fire on two crew members they found, but Muse
Abduwali_Muse
American oceangoing yacht in 1800s
and War of 1812, many of the family merchant vessels were converted to privateers, and the family made huge fortunes. The elder George Crowninshield (born
Cleopatra's_Barge
Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis A 12-star first Confederate Navy ensign of the gunboat CSS Ellis, 1861–1862 The command flag of Captain William F. Lynch
Flags of the Confederate States of America
Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
ISBN 978-1-57075-450-0. Free China Review, Volume 11. W. Y. Tsao. 1961. p. 54. Wright, Arnold, ed. (1909). Twentieth century impressions of Netherlands India:
Wartime_sexual_violence
Port town in County Cork, Ireland
due to the sandbar at the mouth of the river. English navigator and privateer Captain Woodes Roger mentions Kinsale in the memoir of his 1708 expedition
Kinsale
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
Boy/Male
German
Form of William; Resolute Protector
Male
English
 Pet form of English William, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wight.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.
Boy/Male
German Teutonic Dutch
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
Male
German
 Variant spelling of German Kilian, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam, which is itself a variant of William.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Swiss
Will Helmet; Resolute Protector; Will; Son of William
Female
English
English variant spelling of Roman Latin Jillian, GILLIAN means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Boy/Male
German American English
Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
Boy/Male
Irish
cille means “â€associated with the church.â€â€ One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother’s widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her because their marriage was forbidden by the Church. The city of Wurzburg still celebrates a festival of mystery plays each year, known as Killianfest.
Female
English
Short form of English Lillian, LILLIA means "lily."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of William, from a central French form in which W is replaced by G.
Male
English
English form of Norman French Willelm, WILLIAM means "will-helmet."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam.
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Uilleam, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English wryhta/wyrhta, WRIGHT means "craftsman."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American French Teutonic English German
Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A...
Boy/Male
Danish, Finnish, German, Swedish
Desire; Will; Bright; Will Helmet
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLIAM means "will-helmet."
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Marathi
Love
Boy/Male
Tamil
A shell, Conch
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Bravery
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Norwegian
Happy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Kindness; Obligation; Friendship
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful Rose; Lakshmi
Boy/Male
British, English, German
Anne's Son; Son of Ann; Son of the Divine
Boy/Male
Arabic
Praised
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
WILLIAM WRIGHT-PRIVATEER
a.
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
a.
That which is right or correct.
v. t.
A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
superl.
Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
superl
Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
a.
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
v. t.
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
superl.
Slight; not important; as, a light error.
a.
Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
a.
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
adv.
In a right manner.
v. t.
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
a.
To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
adv.
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.
adv.
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.
v. t.
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
a.
Not right; wrong.
superl.
Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
adv.
Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.
n.
Weight.