Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who records time, as.
- noun Sports One who keeps track of elapsed time in a sporting event.
- noun One who keeps records of the hours worked by employees.
- noun A device for keeping time; a timepiece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which marks, measures, or records time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
- noun A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.
- noun A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
- noun One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.
- noun One who marks the time in musical performances.
- noun One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device thatshows thetime ; atimepiece . - noun A person who
keeps records of thehours ofattendance ofemployees . - noun A person who records the times
elapsed in asporting event .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
- noun a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instead a timekeeper is assigned, typically an apprentice professional.
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‘Time is money’ became on of the key slogans of capitalist ideology, and the timekeeper was the most significant of the new types of official introduced by the capitalist dispensation.
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‘Time is money’ became on of the key slogans of capitalist ideology, and the timekeeper was the most significant of the new types of official introduced by the capitalist dispensation.
2009 May 2009
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I am the timekeeper, which is to say my clock is the legitimate clock for this auction.
“The Last Colony” Auction: To Benefit the John M Ford Book Endowment « Whatever 2006
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I am the timekeeper, which is to say my clock is the legitimate clock for this auction.
“The Last Colony” Auction: To Benefit the John M Ford Book Endowment « Whatever 2006
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I am the timekeeper, which is to say my clock is the legitimate clock for this auction.
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I am the timekeeper, which is to say my clock is the legitimate clock for this auction.
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The third time, the walking boss called the timekeeper and gave the man his time, adding for the enlightenment of the others, “This is not a Salvation Army, but a grading outfit.”
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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The third time, the walking boss called the timekeeper and gave the man his time, adding for the enlightenment of the others, “This is not a Salvation Army, but a grading outfit.”
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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And Mr. Harmon called a timekeeper and said, "Take this man to Pat Murphy and tell him to find room for him somehow."
The Jungle 1906
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