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Definition of Sherlock

1. Noun. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.

Definition of Sherlock

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English from=Middle English dot=) ¹

2. Proper noun. A rare male given name transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. (humorous) A detective (from ''Sherlock Holmes''), especially used ironically to address somebody who has stated the obvious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sherlock

1. a detective [n -S] - See also: detective

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherlock

Literary usage of Sherlock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by English Place-Name Society (1906)
"Extract from the Pedigree of Sherlock, of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. 166o. ... WD) Extract from the Marriage Licence Bond of Joseph Sherlock and Alicia Burne. ..."

2. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1871)
"These two tracts were answered by Dr. Sherlock in ' A Sherlock on ... It is impossible, according to Sherlock, for us to determine what is contrary to the ..."

3. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1894)
"William Sherlock, the father, was born at Southwark in 1641, went from Eton ... Here it must be sufficient to say that Sherlock at first refused the oaths, ..."

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