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lockmaster

lockmaster noun: someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.

lockmaster: someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway
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Noun

lockmaster (plural lockmasters)

  1. Someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.
    • Near-synonyms: lockkeeper, locktender, lockman
    • Lock operations required both the lockmaster and lockman, often supplemented by deckhands on a towboat.2021, William E. Ellis, The Kentucky River

Synonyms of lockmaster

Forms of lockmaster

plurallockmasters

Origin of lockmaster

From lock + master.

Questions about lockmaster

What does lockmaster mean?
Lockmaster means someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.
What part of speech is lockmaster?
Lockmaster is a noun.
What is the plural of lockmaster?
The plural of lockmaster is lockmasters.

Words near lockmaster in the dictionary

  1. lockmakers
  2. lockmaking
  3. lockman
  4. Lockmans
  5. LockMart
  6. lockmaster
  7. lockmasters
  8. lockmen
  9. Lockmyer
  10. Lockner
  11. Lockners

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