watchmaker

[ woch-mey-ker ]

/ ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪ kər /

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noun

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

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Origin of watchmaker

First recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker

OTHER WORDS FROM watchmaker

watchmaking, noun

Words nearby watchmaker

watch guard, watch it, watchless, watch like a hawk, watch list, watchmaker, watchman, watch meeting, watch my dust, watch night, watch one's step

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How to use watchmaker in a sentence

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.
Should Scientists Believe in Miracles?|Karl W. Giberson|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Rush novel arrives only once a decade, as the invisible watchmaker puts everything in its right place.
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The baker and his wife, the grocer, the—the—the—watchmaker—the—shoemaker—the—the druggist with Mrs. Druggist.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete|Guy de Maupassant

The old Scots knight next attacked the watchmaker with the same disrespectful familiarity.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Thus pondering, she moved forward with hasty strides until she arrived at the watchmaker's habitation.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Mary's father, Walter Gray, was employed at a watchmaker's of repute.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
The inference from a watch to a watchmaker is clearly conclusive.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)|Leslie Stephen

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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