Lockman

Quick meaning: Lockman is a noun meaning (Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.

Meaning

(Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.

More Meanings

1. (Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
2. A criminal who is skilled at picking locks and disabling alarm systems.
3. A man who operates a lock on a waterway.

Example Sentences

At his back, the lockman reached up to grasp the noose dangling from the beam.

A lockman is appointed for each parish, and acts as deputy or assistant to the coroner.

I have gone down to vote for a clerk or a lockman; we have pressing letters to go down and vote for a lockman sometimes.

You see, at the present time a coroner is appointed to a sheading but a lockman only to a parish, so this will bring them both into line.

Word Forms

• lockmen

Synonyms for lockman

Depending on context, synonyms include locktender, lockkeeper, lockmaster.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lockkeeper, lockmaster, lurkman, limmer, ockerer, litster.

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