lockman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A public executioner. Scotland,archaic
    — In 1780 James Alexander, lockman of Edinburgh, was by the city chamberlain paid for service at an execution 13s. 4d., with a fee of 2s. 6d. for the use of his rope.
  2. An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
    — the defendent must be summoned by the Coronor or his deputy (a lockman) to appear at the next court day, when the action is called in rotation.
  3. A criminal who is skilled at picking locks and disabling alarm systems.
    — The other thing is, a lockman. We need somebody really good, to follow the schematics I got and shut down all the alarms without kicking them on instead.
  4. A man who operates a lock on a waterway.
    — Near-synonyms: locktender, lockkeeper, lockmaster

词形变化

lockmen plural

词源

From lock + man.
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