Word: lockkeepers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lock
kee
pers
Definition: Plural of lockkeeper; a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
Morphemes:
Affix: lock
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To furnish (a canal) with locks.
Affix: keep
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: kepen
Language: enm
Decoded: kepen
Meaning: to keep, guard, look after, watch
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.