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TIMEKEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does timekeeper mean? 

TIMEKEEPER (noun)
  The noun TIMEKEEPER has 3 senses:

1. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsedplay

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

3. a measuring instrument or device for keeping timeplay

  Familiarity information: TIMEKEEPER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIMEKEEPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

timekeeper; timer

Hypernyms ("timekeeper" is a kind of...):

official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("timekeeper" is a kind of...):

clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))


Sense 3

Meaning:

A measuring instrument or device for keeping time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

horologe; timekeeper; timepiece

Hypernyms ("timekeeper" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Meronyms (parts of "timekeeper"):

balance; balance wheel (a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat)

dial (the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours)

escapement (mechanical device that regulates movement)

hairspring (a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece)

hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)

time-ball (a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timekeeper"):

atomic clock (a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules)

clock (a timepiece that shows the time of day)

sandglass (timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage)

sundial (timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial)

timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)

ticker; watch (a small portable timepiece)


 Context examples 


And Jackson has been suggested as timekeeper.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Warren is a timekeeper at Morton and Waylight’s, in Tottenham Court Road.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, on February 16, Mars, the planet known to be the timekeeper of the zodiac, entered your fourth house of home to stay until March 30.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“They’ve stolen my timekeeper’s watch,” he cried.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars is the timekeeper of the zodiac and, as he orbits in deep space, will align with Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto and unlock their gifts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There was a hurried consultation between the principals, the backers, the referee, and the timekeeper.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars, the timekeeper of the zodiac, will be in Aquarius for the first time in two years, from March 30 until May 12.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

No person can be allowed at the inner ropes save the referee and the timekeeper.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars will go far to unlock the goodies that Jupiter has prepared for you in this part of your chart, for Mars is the timekeeper of the zodiac.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The inner was for the combatants and for their seconds, while in the outer there were places for the referee, the timekeeper, the backers, and a few select and fortunate individuals, of whom, through being in my uncle’s company, I was one.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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