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Etymology
Noun
lockmaster (plural lockmasters)
- Someone who is in charge of a lock on a waterway.
- Coordinate terms: shipmaster, boatmaster (the lockmaster's clients on the water)
- Near-synonyms: lockkeeper, locktender, lockman
- 2021, William E. Ellis, The Kentucky River:
- Lock operations required both the lockmaster and lockman, often supplemented by deckhands on a towboat.
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