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Locker
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
"The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school."
- 2 a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock wordnet
- 3 A lockable cubicle.
"She was afraid to come out of the locker."
- 4 a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) wordnet
- 5 A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
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- 6 a fastener that locks or closes wordnet
- 7 One who locks something. rare
"The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap."
- 8 A locking differential.
- 9 A customs officer who guards a warehouse. historical
"The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […]"
- 10 A closet. Louisiana
Etymology
From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
* As an English surname, from the noun locker. Compare Lock. * Also as an English surname, variant of Luker. * As an Austrian German surname Löcker, nickname for a buffoon, from Middle High German lecken (“to kick, jump”), of obscure origin, but compare Latin locusta (“grasshopper”) or Old English læccan (“to seize”). * As a Slovene surname, Americanized/Germanized from Lokar, from loka (“water meadow”), from Proto-Slavic *lǫka. Compare Loker.
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