Clockmaker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
"There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era."
- 2 someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches wordnet
- 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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