Meaning

noun a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

noun a fastener that locks or closes

noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)

origin* 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…

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