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US /ˈlɑ.kɚ/ UK /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/
Freq #3787

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Derived forms cryptolockercyberlockerlockermanthreadlocker
Related forms chestlockboxtrunk

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Etymology

* 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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