LOCKKEEPER

lockmaster, lockman, lockkeeper

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lockkeeper (plural lockkeepers)

The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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