Locke
Americannoun
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Alain LeRoy 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
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David Ross Petroleum V. Nasby, 1833–88, U.S. humorist and journalist.
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John, 1632–1704, English philosopher.
noun
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John. 1632–1704, English philosopher, who discussed the concept of empiricism in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690). He influenced political thought, esp in France and America, with his Two Treatises on Government (1690), in which he sanctioned the right to revolt
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Matthew. ?1630–77, English composer, esp of works for the stage
Example Sentences
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The area covered by the order includes Majuba beach from South Gare to Marske-By-the-Sea, Coatham to Corporation Road, Redcar town centre from the beach to Lord Street, the stray and Locke Park.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“People don’t want to hear about Locke and Burke and John Rawls,” Eisen argues.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Mr. Loconte is a presidential scholar at New College of Florida and author of “God, Locke and Liberty: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in the West.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Law firm Troutman Pepper Locke explains the marketing rule for investors like you.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
This riddling figure with flinty eyes isn’t the Locke who stood on the rooftop of his estate and spoke so gently to me or who chased me, laughing, through its halls.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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