timekeeper

[ tahym-kee-per ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌki pər /

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noun

a person or thing that keeps time.

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

a timepiece: This watch is a good timekeeper.

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

a person who beats time in music.

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Origin of timekeeper

First recorded in 1680–90; time + keeper

OTHER WORDS FROM timekeeper

timekeeping, noun

Words nearby timekeeper

time immemorial, Time is money, Time is of the essence, time is ripe, time is up, timekeeper, time killer, time-lag, time lamp, time-lapse, time-lapse photography

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How to use timekeeper in a sentence

Also, every few years timekeepers insert leap seconds into our official timescales to make sure they don’t drift out of sync with our planet.
The Length of Earth’s Days Has Been Mysteriously Increasing, and Scientists Don’t Know Why|Matt King|August 7, 2022|Singularity Hub
International timekeepers have dabbled with the idea of a negative leap second at the end of December.
June 29 was Earth’s shortest day since the invention of atomic clocks|Jocelyn Solis-Moreira|August 2, 2022|Popular-Science
Such a precise timekeeper requires a super precise reference.
A new clock shows how gravity warps time — even over tiny distances|Kendra Redmond|June 2, 2022|Science News For Students
As the games’ “official timekeeper,” Omega, the luxury Swiss watchmaker, was granted the right to flash its emblem on millions of screens around the world as Bolt made history.
Even under a dark cloud of Covid, brands can’t quit the Olympics|Adam Epstein|June 2, 2021|Quartz

The timekeeper I took on shore to ascertain its rate, and other instruments to make the necessary astronomical observations.
A Voyage to the South Sea|William Bligh
On the 13th I had a number of lunar observations for the longitude, the mean of which agreed exactly with the timekeeper.
A Voyage to the South Sea|William Bligh
I had however two sets of double altitudes and a good altitude exactly at noon according to the timekeeper.
A Voyage to the South Sea|William Bligh
The fact that this egg-shaped concoction was no great timekeeper was a secondary matter.
Christopher and the Clockmakers|Sara Ware Bassett
He was a fine coachman, a good nurse, and an admirable timekeeper.
Road Scrapings: Coaches and Coaching|M. E. Haworth

British Dictionary definitions for timekeeper

timekeeper

/ (ˈtaɪmˌkiːpə) /

noun

a person or thing that keeps or records time

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

a device for indicating time; timepiece

an employee with respect to his or her record of punctualitya good timekeeper

Derived forms of timekeeper

timekeeping, noun

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