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单词 lockyer
释义

lockyern.

Brit. /ˈlɒkjə/, U.S. /ˈlɑkjər/
Forms:

α. Middle English lokyer, Middle English lokyere, Middle English (in surnames)–1500s 1800s– lockyer, 1500s lockear; also (in surnames) Middle English lokier, Middle English lokiere, Middle English lokyare, 1500s lockiar.

β. Middle English–1500s locker; also (in surnames) Middle English lockere, Middle English lokar, Middle English loker, Middle English lokere, Middle English lokker, Middle English lokkere, Middle English loquer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.2, -ier suffix.
Etymology: < lock n.2 + -ier suffix. Compare locksmith n.With the β. forms compare -er suffix2. The Middle English forms loker, lokere, and lokar are ambiguous with regard to vowel length and could perhaps alternatively show forms of looker n. Superseded by locksmith n. in the course of the 16th cent.
Now historical (rare in later use).
A locksmith.Attested earliest as a surname.Apparently unattested between the 16th and late 19th centuries.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of locks
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1221 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) 282/2 Henry le Lokier [Warwickshire].
1251 Close Rolls Henry III (1922) VI. 449 Ricardus le Lokier de Bristollia.
1301 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Early Mayor's Court Rolls (1924) 110 (MED) Nicholas le Lockyer.
1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 282 [Henry Clement], lokyer.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 144 (MED) This hand is..A fals lokyere and a fals moneyere and a fals tellere of pens.
1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 321 The same day, my Lord rekened with his lokyer..and he shall have for his wages xl.s.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cii v The smyth, marechall, or locker ou serrurier.
1579 J. Brooke tr. P. Viret Christian Disputations vi. f. 276 The Popes haue ben ye subtilest lockyers, & the greatest locksmiths.
1894 A. S. Green Town Life 15th Cent. II. xii. 299 The towers were manned by the various crafts, one by..goldsmiths, blacksmiths, lockyers, pewterers, and tinkers.
1992 E. Duffy Stripping of Altars iii. 101 One of the thieves, a lockyer and coppersmith,..was shocked..by the gang-leader's blasphemy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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