timekeeper

[tahym-kee-per]

noun

1. a person or thing that keeps time. times.

2. an official appointed to time, times, regulate, and record the duration of a sports contest or its component parts, as to give the official time times of a race, assure that a round of boxing is ended exactly on time, times, or announce to football, basketball, hockey, etc., teams the amount of time times left to play.

3. a timepiece.

   This watch is a good timekeeper.

4. a person employed to keep account of the hours of work done by others.

5. a person who beats time times in music.

timekeeper

/ ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə /

noun

1. a person or thing that keeps or records time

2. an employee who maintains a record of the hours worked by the other employees

3. a device for indicating time; timepiece

4. an employee with respect to his or her record of punctuality

   a good timekeeper

Other Word Forms

• timekeeping noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of timekeeper¹

First recorded in 1680–90; time + keeper

Example Sentences

Later matches were overseen by two umpires, one provided by each team with an on-field referee — often the game’s timekeeper — breaking the tie in particularly sticky situations.

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The last six months of schooling include an immersion component in which students repair Rolex timekeepers under the supervision of instructors.

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By undermining the pitcher’s authority on how the innings flow, the timekeeper shortens a game’s duration.

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In 1967, the world's timekeepers, an intergovernmental body called the General Conference on Weights and Measures, agreed to define time using atomic clocks, rather than by the Earth's rotation.

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On one level, a main timekeeper, head judge and team leader scrutinize footage from the main camera.

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Related Words

• timer