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HOROLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horologist mean?
• HOROLOGIST (noun)
The noun HOROLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who makes or repairs watches
Familiarity information: HOROLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes or repairs watches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
horologer; horologist; watchmaker
Hypernyms ("horologist" is a kind of...):
maker; shaper (a person who makes things)
Derivation:
horology (the art of designing and making clocks)
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