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lockkeeper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A lockmaster; (sometimes) any locktender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lockmaster, lockman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

History

Etymology

From lock + keeper.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: sluismeester — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Dutch: sluismeesteres — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Dutch: sluiswachter — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Dutch: sluiswachteres — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Dutch: sluiswachtster — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Finnish: sulunvartija — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Finnish: sulkuvahti — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • French: éclusier — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • French: éclusière — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • German: Schleusenwärter — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • German: Schleusenwärterin — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Macedonian: преводничар (prevodničar) — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock
  • Polish: dozorca śluzy — person assigned to look after a canal or river lock