English Explanatory Dictionary

Locke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname — famously held by
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community and historic district in Sacramento County, California.
  4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Elkhart County, Indiana.
  5. A township in Ingham County, Michigan.
  6. A town in Cayuga County, New York, named after John Locke.
noun
  1. Archaic spelling of lock.

Pronunciation

/lɒk/ /lɑk/ en-us-lock.ogg

Word forms

Locke lockes

Etymology

* As an English, Dutch and German surname, variant of Lock. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Løkke, from a farm name derived from Old Norse lykkja (“enclosure”). * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok.

Derived words

Lockean
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