Meanings
plural locksmiths
- One who practices locksmithing.
The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 961 more example
Piccadilly, 12:30 o'clock.--Just before we reached Fenchurch Street Lord Godalming said to me, "Quincey and I will find a locksmith. You had better not come with us in case there should be any difficulty. For under the circumstances it wouldn't seem so bad for us to break into an empty house.
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who only bets when they are sure they will win.
Origin
- Middle Englishloksmith
- Englishlocksmith
From Middle English loksmith; equivalent to lock + smith.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans slotmaker
- slotmakerone who practices locksmithing
Arabic قَفَّال, قَفَّالَة
- قَفَّال (qaffāl)one who practices locksmithing
- قَفَّالَة (qaffāla)one who practices locksmithing
Bulgarian ключа́р, шло́сер
- ключа́р (ključár)one who practices locksmithing
- шло́сер (šlóser)one who practices locksmithing
Catalan manyà
- manyàone who practices locksmithing
Chinese Mandarin 鎖匠 /锁匠
- 鎖匠 /锁匠 (suǒjiàng)one who practices locksmithing
Czech zámečník
- zámečníkone who practices locksmithing
Danish låsesmed
- låsesmedone who practices locksmithing
Dutch slotenmaker
- slotenmakerone who practices locksmithing
Esperanto seruristo
- seruristoone who practices locksmithing
Estonian lukksepp
- lukkseppone who practices locksmithing
Finnish lukkoseppä
- lukkoseppäone who practices locksmithing
French serrurier
- serrurierone who practices locksmithing
German Schlosser
- Schlosserone who practices locksmithing
Greek κλειδαράς
- κλειδαράς (kleidarás)one who practices locksmithing
Hebrew מַנְעוּלָן
- מַנְעוּלָן (man'ulán)one who practices locksmithing
Hungarian lakatos
- lakatosone who practices locksmithing
Icelandic lásasmiður
- lásasmiðurone who practices locksmithing
Indonesian tukang kunci
- tukang kuncione who practices locksmithing
Irish glasadóir, glasaire
- glasadóirone who practices locksmithing
- glasaireone who practices locksmithing
Italian serraturiere
- serraturiereone who practices locksmithing
Japanese 錠前屋
- 錠前屋 (jōmaeya)one who practices locksmithing
Korean 자물쇠 장수, 자물쇠 수리인
- 자물쇠 장수 (jamulsoe jangsu)one who practices locksmithing
- 자물쇠 수리인 (jamulsoe suriin)one who practices locksmithing
Latin claustrārius
- claustrāriusone who practices locksmithing
Latvian atslēdznieks
- atslēdznieksone who practices locksmithing
Lithuanian šaltkalvis
- šaltkalvisone who practices locksmithing
Norwegian Bokmål låsesmed, kleinsmed
- låsesmedone who practices locksmithing
- kleinsmedone who practices locksmithing
Polish ślusarz
- ślusarzone who practices locksmithing
Portuguese chaveiro
- chaveiroone who practices locksmithing
Romanian lăcătuș
- lăcătușone who practices locksmithing
Russian сле́сарь
- сле́сарь (slésarʹ)one who practices locksmithing
Slovak zámočník
- zámočníkone who practices locksmithing
Spanish cerrajero
- cerrajeroone who practices locksmithing
Swedish låssmed
- låssmedone who practices locksmithing
Tagalog panday-kaban
- panday-kabanone who practices locksmithing
Thai ช่างทำกุญแจ
- ช่างทำกุญแจ (châang-tam-gun-jɛɛ)one who practices locksmithing
Turkish çilingir, anahtarcı
- çilingirone who practices locksmithing
- anahtarcıone who practices locksmithing
Ukrainian слю́сар
- слю́сар (sljúsar)one who practices locksmithing
Vietnamese thợ sửa ống khóa
- thợ sửa ống khóaone who practices locksmithing
Yiddish שלאָסער
- שלאָסער (shloser)one who practices locksmithing
Cite this entry
locksmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locksmith
“locksmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locksmith. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locksmith,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locksmith.
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