Sherlock

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Literature

Pronounced Pron. SHUR-lahk(English)

Meaning & History

Used by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle for his character Sherlock Holmes, who was a detective in Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887. The character's name was from an English surname meaning "shear lock", originally referring to a person with closely cut hair.