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Locke

//lɒk// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname — famously held by
  2. 2
    An English surname — famously held by:; John Locke (1632 – 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and historic district in Sacramento County, California.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Elkhart County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Ingham County, Michigan.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cayuga County, New York, named after John Locke.
Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic spelling of lock. alt-of, archaic

Etymology

* As an English, Dutch and German surname, variant of Lock. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Løkke, from a farm name derived from Old Norse lykkja (“enclosure”). * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok.

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