Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Wainwright has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
a wagon maker
"The old wainwright spent his mornings crafting new wheels for the farm's delivery wagons."
a person who builds and repairs wagons
"After years of climbing, the seasoned hiker finally ticked off his last numbered wainwright from the guidebook list before retiring to tea."
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.
An English surname, from occupations from someone who built wagons.
"My neighbor Mr. Wainwright mentioned that his great-grandfather originally took the name because he spent all day constructing heavy wooden wagons in the village square."