locksmith

[lok-smith]

noun

a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.

Origin of locksmith

1200–50; Middle English loksmith (first attested as surname). See lock¹, smith

Related formslock·smith·er·y, nounlock·smith·ing, noun

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Contemporary Examples of locksmith

Enrique Sr. opened a lawn-mower shop and later became a locksmith.
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June 28, 2012
She was trained as a locksmith and she knew about picking locks.
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March 8, 2012

Historical Examples of locksmith

The hut was soon finished, and then the locksmith lighted a large fire and commenced his business.
Tales and Legends of the Tyrol
A. von Gnther
The locksmith's art was but too well understood in those days.
East of Paris
Matilda Betham-Edwards
The locksmith's wife knew better perhaps, than he, what ailed her daughter.
Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens
The king had an iron safe in his palace, which the locksmith had betrayed.
Lectures on the French Revolution
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
She asked him sharply why he had not brought the locksmith to open the street door as well as that of the wardrobe?
Popular Tales
Madame Guizot

British Dictionary definitions for locksmith

locksmith

noun

a person who makes or repairs locks

Derived Formslocksmithery or locksmithing, noun

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Word Origin and History for locksmith

early 13c., from lock (n.1) + smith.