Clockmaker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

    "There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era."

  2. 2
    someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches wordnet
  3. 3
    God in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe. capitalized, often

    "Near-synonym: watchmaker"

Example

More examples

"I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to conceive of the four dimensions, so how can it conceive of a God, before whom a thousand years and a thousand dimensions are as one?"

Etymology

From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.

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