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lockdowner

lockdowner noun: a person who supports lockdown measures (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Noun

lockdowner (plural lockdowners)

  1. A person who supports lockdown measures (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
    • If we’re hoping to adjudicate what seems like a forever war between lockdowners and let-it-rippers, it probably helps to recall what first-year pandemic policy looked like — and how much of what we might remember as policy was really just pandemic.2023 January 4, David Wallace-Wells, “9 Pandemic Narratives We’re Getting Wrong”, in The New York Times
    Antonyms:
    anti-lockdowner
  2. A person whose movements and activities are limited by a lockdown (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
    • Why Apple fell in love with its own creation here is understandable. You can zoom about this map of apps like a holiday-starved lockdowner browsing Google Maps, and it lets you zoom right into apps with a final twist of the crown.2021 September 13, Andrew Williams, “Don’t redesign the Apple Watch, fix all this instead”, in Wired UK

Antonyms of lockdowner

Forms of lockdowner

plurallockdowners

Origin of lockdowner

From lockdown + -er.

Questions about lockdowner

What does lockdowner mean?
Lockdowner means a person who supports lockdown measures (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic).
What part of speech is lockdowner?
Lockdowner is a noun.
What is the plural of lockdowner?
The plural of lockdowner is lockdowners.

Words near lockdowner in the dictionary

  1. lockchesters
  2. lockchests
  3. lockdown
  4. lockdown browser
  5. lockdown browsers
  6. lockdowner
  7. lockdowners
  8. lockdownism
  9. lockdownist
  10. lockdownists
  11. lockdowns

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