watchmaker

[ woch-mey-ker ]

/ ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪ kər /

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noun

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

Words nearby watchmaker

watcher, watcheye, watchful, watchless, watchlist, watchmaker, watchman, watchout, watchstrap, watchtower, watchword

Origin of watchmaker

First recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker

OTHER WORDS FROM watchmaker

watch·mak·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for watchmaker

While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.
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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.
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The most perfect arrangement can be obtained by getting a watchmaker to drill a fine hole through a piece of sheet metal.
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The work is not the workman; the house is not the builder; the watch is not the watchmaker.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward

Hubert was a French papist, of six-and-twenty years of age, the son of a watchmaker at Rouen, in Normandy.
Curiosities of Civilization|Andrew Wynter
In fact, that same evening the watchmaker brought me the two chronometers, and handed me one.
Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer|Jean Henri Robert-Houdin
Arnold, a watchmaker, wound up his watch while leaning actually against the vane.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury|Gleeson White

British Dictionary definitions for watchmaker

watchmaker

/ (ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who makes or mends watches

Derived forms of watchmaker

watchmaking, noun

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watchmaker

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