Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Cartwright has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823)
"The museum exhibit focused on how Edmund Cartwright revolutionized textile manufacturing by inventing the power loom."
a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons
"The old cartwright spent his morning patching a cracked wheel before heading out to fix the mayor's delivery wagon."
a person who makes carts; a wainwright
"The old blacksmith in the village was known as Cartwright because he handcrafted every heavy wagon used by the farmers to haul grain."
An English occupational surname, from occupations for someone who made carts.
"The genealogist traced the family tree back to a distant ancestor named Cartwright whose grandfather had built wagons in Yorkshire centuries ago."