Meaning

1 senses
  1. (usually)A lockmaster; (sometimes) any locktender.

    Schleusenwärter, Schleusenwärterin

More definitions
  • a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person assigned to look after a canal or river lock:

Origin

From lock + keeper.

From lock + keeper.

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Forms

plural: lockkeepers
Singularlockkeeper
Plurallockkeepers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal):lockmaster

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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