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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈwatchˌmaking, noun
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Other Words From

  • watchmaking noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of watchmaker1

First recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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