clockmaker
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]clockmaker (plural clockmakers)
- A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
- Synonym: clocksmith
- Hypernyms: horologist, horologer
- Coordinate term: watchmaker
- There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.
- (philosophy, religion, often capitalized) God in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.
- Near-synonym: watchmaker
- We have the great clockmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person who makes clocks
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References
[edit]- ^ “clockmaker, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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