"lockkeeper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lockkeepers [plural]
Etymology: From lock + keeper. Etymology templates: {{com|en|lock|keeper}} lock + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} lockkeeper (plural lockkeepers)
  1. (usually) A lockmaster; (sometimes) any locktender. Tags: usually Related terms: lock keeper [alternative], lock-keeper [alternative], lock down, lockhouse, lock through, lock up Translations (person assigned to look after a canal or river lock): sluismeester [masculine] (Dutch), sluismeesteres [feminine] (Dutch), sluiswachter [masculine] (Dutch), sluiswachteres [feminine] (Dutch), sluiswachtster [feminine] (Dutch), sulunvartija (Finnish), sulkuvahti (Finnish), éclusier [masculine] (French), éclusière [feminine] (French), Schleusenwärter [masculine] (German), Schleusenwärterin [feminine] (German), преводничар (prevodničar) [masculine] (Macedonian), dozorca śluzy [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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