Locke
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Locke
- An English surname — famously held by:
- John Locke (1632 – 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist.
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From the plural of earlier Lock m, from Middle High German loc, from Old High German loc, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz. Cognate with Dutch lok, English lock, Danish lok.
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Locke f (genitive Locke, plural Locken, diminutive Löckchen n)
- curl (single loop in hair)
- lock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a particular direction
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Declension of Locke