locksmann.1
/ˈlɒksmən/, U.S. /ˈlɑksmən/, Scottish English /ˈlɔksmən/ Scottish. Now historical.
A public executioner; = lockman n.1 1a.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman
boiec1320
hangman1393
hangerc1430
lockman1488
burrioc1540
bourreauc1550
burriourc1550
derrickc1600
passport-maker1602
topman1607
derrick-jastro?1609
verdugo1616
windpipe-stretcher1617
Gregorya1658
locksman1682
Ketch1685
Jack Ketch1696
finisher of the law1708
topsman1825
scrag-boy1843
scragger1897
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > person in charge of lock
locksman1682
lock-shutter1734
lock-keeper1762
lockman1821
lock tender1824
locksman1839
lock1865
1682 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 169 The Provosts and Bailies of Edinburgh..do judge Alexander Cockburn their Hangman or Locksman within three suns—for [etc.].
1701 Ayr Council Minutes 2 July in J. Paterson Hist. County Ayr (1847) I. 194/1 Agnes Dyert..is sentenced..to stand at the Fish-cross this day..with the Locksman (hangman) beside her, who is to shave her head in the presence of the people.
1820 W. Scott Abbot II. viii. 259 To play the locksman here in Lochleven, with no gayer amusement than that of turning the key on two or three helpless women?
1899 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. II. xiv. 236 It seems strange..that a locksman or common hangman was a town's necessary official; but the chief occupation of this functionary was as jailer of the petty prisoners, and flogger of the culprits.
1999 D. Gabaldon Outlandish Compan. ii. 161/2 The village locksman in Cranesmuir..is obliged to imprison Claire and Geillis in the thieves' hole.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
locksmann.2
/ˈlɒksmən/, U.S. /ˈlɑksmən/ A person employed to attend and maintain a lock on a canal or river; = lock-keeper n. at lock n.2 Compounds 2. Cf. lockman n.2
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > person in charge of lock
locksman1682
lock-shutter1734
lock-keeper1762
lockman1821
lock tender1824
locksman1839
lock1865
1839 New-Yorker 26 Oct. 82/3 The captain of a canal-boat..is ‘hail-fellow well met’ with the locksmen and store-keepers by the canal side.
1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Sept. 8/4 The locksmen of the Rideau Canal have a busy time opening and shutting the 47 huge gates.
1926 Glasgow Herald 14 Sept. 3 Now she is within the lock and rising slowly on the rising water, while locksman and skipper pass the time of day.
1993 S. D. Cameron Sniffing Coast: Acadian Voy. 13 The bridge swung open, and two locksmen came to help with the lines.
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locksmann.3
/ˈlɒksmən/, U.S. /ˈlɑksmən/, Caribbean English /ˈlɑksˌman/ Originally Jamaican.
A male Rastafarian who wears dreadlocks.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > Rastafarianism > [noun] > person
Rastafarian1935
Rastafarite1937
Rastaman1953
Rasta1958
locksman1960
Ras1960
ras1961
natty dread1974
natty1976
dread1977
1960 M. G. Smith et al. Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica iv. 23 The Locksmen, whose hair is matted and plaited and never cut, neither their beards.
1966 Guardian 3 Feb. 8/1 The long-haired Rastas, the Locksmen, are the ones Jamaicans laugh at in the streets.
1998 R. C. Lewis Walter Rodney's Intellect. & Polit. Thought v. 101 Bob [Marley] became a locksman and started performing at the shows marking Selassie's birthday.
2000 L. Bradley Bass Culture (2001) xxiii. 531 Once you get inside the gate it operates like a dreadlocks camp..there′s a communal pot on the stove, locksmen wandering about, everybody quiet and courteous.
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