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Timekeeper

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device that shows the time; a timepiece.

    "The sailors sail by chronometers that do not lose two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve navigation was to get good watches, and to offer public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use."

  2. 2
    a measuring instrument or device for keeping time wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
  4. 4
    a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
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  1. 6
    (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed wordnet
  2. 7
    The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.

    "There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist."

  3. 8
    A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual. usually

    "As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]"

Etymology

From time + keeper.

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