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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
timekeeper
noun
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▪ But while the functions and importance of the clock have been clear, exactly how this timekeeper works has remained a mystery.
▪ Clearly, the board needed a full disclosure on the timekeeper before they sent it back to sea.
▪ In the end, there was no end to the strife, though neither Hooke nor Huygens produced a true marine timekeeper.
▪ Jurgen appointed himself as race referee and official timekeeper.
▪ Questionnaires were sent out to 300 employees and timekeepers in order to gather data on the problem areas.
▪ She presided over the present-opening like an officious timekeeper.
▪ The watches were stopped and everyone held breath as the timekeepers turned for consultation with the track referee.
▪ What he said in 1 714, perhaps in jest, later gained acceptance as the perfect moniker for the marine timekeeper.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Timekeeper

Timekeeper \Time"keep`er\ (t[imac]m"k[=e]p`[~e]r), n.

  1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

  2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time. Specifically:

    1. A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.

    2. One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.

    3. One who marks the time in musical performances.

    4. One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.

Wiktionary
timekeeper

n. 1 A device that shows the time; a timepiece. 2 A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees. 3 A person who records the times elapsed in a sporting event.

WordNet
timekeeper

  1. n. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed [syn: timer]

  2. a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees

  3. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time [syn: timepiece]

Wikipedia
Timekeeper

A timekeeper (also spelled time keeper and time-keeper) is an instrument or person that measures the passage of time.

Usage examples of "timekeeper".

My times were duly recorded by a kid called Boetie Van der Merwe, who was known in the Nazi Party as Stormtrooper, Timekeeper and Tallyman.

There stood the great hourglass that was the master timekeeper for Ninar Foan, both castle and town, and beside it sat the three small hourglasses that every royal courier carried--and the sand was running out.

Despite these distractions, with each mile we sledded, we drew closer to the Timekeeper.

He, the proud Soli, was well pleased with himself for rising to his humanity and not spearing the Timekeeper.

A Requiem for Homo Sapiens by Horthy Hosthoh, Timekeeper and Lord Horologe of the Order of Mystic Mathematicians and Other Seekers of the Ineffable Flame There Is infinite hope, but not for Man.

I had heard other gossip: a drunken horologe who claimed the Timekeeper kept a double to attend to the affairs of the Order while he took to the streets at night, hunting like a lone wolf down the glissades for anyone so foolish as to plot against him.

Our conversation was cut short when ten red-robed horologes marched out onto the dais and took their places by the Timekeeper, five to either side.

The Timekeeper hated pity, and more, he despised pitiers, especially when they pitied themselves.

The Timekeeper suddenly whirled, and his words lashed Soli like a whip.

I often wondered why she had wanted Soli for a husband, and more, why the Timekeeper had allowed these two famous pilots a special dispensation to marry.

That Soli had persuaded the Timekeeper to allow him to steal the leadership from me, I could not doubt.

So, I thought, Soli must have gone to the Timekeeper and asked that his wife and daughter come with him.

Soli could even demand that the Timekeeper have her beheaded, if Soli desired revenge, if he would acknowledge that I was his son.

And Soli was glad to obey him because he was even more wrathful than the Timekeeper.

In truth, the Timekeeper had gambled sending Soli to capture or kill the schismatic pilots, and he had lost his gamble.