Complete Definition of "Locke"

English
Proper noun
Locke

  1. w:John Locke|John Locke (1632 � 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist. He argued that a government could only be legitimate if it received the consent of the governed and protected the natural rights of the governed. If such consent was not given, citizens had a right of rebellion. His writings influenced the American revolutionaries as reflected in the American Declaration of Independence.

German
Etymology
Old High German loc
Noun
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  1. curl

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