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clockmaker

American  
[klok-mey-ker] / ˈklɒkˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person who makes or repairs clocks.


clockmaker British  
/ ˈklɒkˌmeɪkə /

noun

  1. a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of clockmaker

1400–50; late Middle English. See clock 1, maker

Example Sentences

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Time is winding down for Howard Miller, the storied furniture company and clockmaker in western Michigan that said this summer it will close after 99 years.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Stephan Farffler, a clockmaker who lost the use of his legs in a childhood accident, created the device so he could propel himself to and from church in Nuremberg, Germany.

From National Geographic • Jul. 14, 2023

Its tale of the dying days of a New England clockmaker was knotty and morbid, but in a memorably lyrical, gentle way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

There has been an in-house clockmaker at Windsor Castle since the late 1970s, with Fjodor being the fourth horological conservator.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2020

It was an easy step to the proposition: as a clockmaker or millwright is to a clock or mill, so is God to Nature.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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