# lockman

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A public executioner.
2. An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
3. A criminal who is skilled at picking locks and disabling alarm systems.
4. A man who operates a lock on a waterway.

## Etymology
From lock + man.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lockman