watchmaker

[ woch-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.

watchmaker

/ ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends watches

Derived Forms

• ˈwatchˌmaking, noun

Other Words From

• watchmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of watchmaker¹

First recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker

Example Sentences

While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.

From The Daily Beast

Paley goes on to compare the watch to an eye, arguing that if a watch implies a watchmaker, then an eye implies an eye-maker.

From The Daily Beast

A Rush novel arrives only once a decade, as the invisible watchmaker puts everything in its right place.

From The Daily Beast

The baker and his wife, the grocer, the—the—the—watchmaker—the—shoemaker—the—the druggist with Mrs. Druggist.

From Project Gutenberg

The old Scots knight next attacked the watchmaker with the same disrespectful familiarity.

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Thus pondering, she moved forward with hasty strides until she arrived at the watchmaker's habitation.

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Mary's father, Walter Gray, was employed at a watchmaker's of repute.

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The inference from a watch to a watchmaker is clearly conclusive.

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