English Explanatory Dictionary

lockman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A public executioner.
  2. An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
  3. A criminal who is skilled at picking locks and disabling alarm systems.
  4. A man who operates a lock on a waterway.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

lockman lockmen Lockmans

Etymology

From lock + man.

Synonyms

locktender lockkeeper lockmaster
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