timekeeper

Definition

A device that shows the time; a timepiece.

Etymology

From time + keeper.

Example Sentences

• "The sailors sail by chronometers that do not lose two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve navigation was to get good watches, and to offer public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use."
• "There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist."
• "As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]"

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