timekeeper
[ tahym-kee-per ]
/ ˈtaɪmˌki pər /
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.
RELATED WORDS
alarm, timer, dial, clock, watch, chronometer, calendar, chronograph, repeater, metronome, pendulum, horologe, chronoscope, gnomon, sundial, stopwatch, clepsydra, hourglass, timepiece, tattler
Nearby words
- time-stamp,
- time-tested,
- time-worn,
- timecard,
- timed-release,
- timekeeping,
- timeless,
- timelessly,
- timeline,
- timeline bar
Origin of timekeeper
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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
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