clockmaker

[ klok-mey-ker ]

noun

a person who makes or repairs clocks.

Origin of clockmaker

1400–50; late Middle English. See clock¹, maker

Other words from clockmaker

clockmaking, noun

Words Nearby clockmaker

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How to use clockmaker in a sentence

I encountered old Farris, the clockmaker, in his brown coat besprinkled behind with powder from his queue.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
"A pretty gigantic project it was for a clockmaker, I can tell you," went on McPhearson.
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware Bassett
"A prophet is not without honour save in his own country," laughed the old clockmaker.
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware Bassett
They were sitting together at the repairing bench, the clockmaker busy with an old chronometer.
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware Bassett
A more persistent, painstaking, conscientious clockmaker never lived.
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware Bassett

British Dictionary definitions for clockmaker

clockmaker

/ (ˈklɒkˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc

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