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Timekeeper

noun

(sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed. Synonym: timer.

A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees.

A measuring instrument or device for keeping time. Synonyms: horologe, timepiece.

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"Timekeeper" Quotes from Famous Books

... lay on the ground was small enough for the use of a rifle and could hardly be seen from the rear seats of the amphitheater. There was a word spoken by the timekeeper, and a gloved hand flashed down and up, and the ball danced and spun and leaped and rolled as shot after shot followed it with a precision and speed which brought the audience to a heavy silence. Taking the gun which Buck tossed to him and throwing it into the empty holster, ...

— Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up - Bar-20 • Clarence Edward Mulford

... thank Thee for this great exposition, whose stately and noble exterior gives promise of being the home of a mighty spirit of worldwide fellowship of the nations. It is not only another milestone of progress, it is a timekeeper of civilization. We thank Thee for the pioneers and the prophets, the statesmen and the patriots who secured for us this great inheritance, and for their sons who have cultivated and developed it. Help us that we may realize the high ideals of our fathers who sought ...

— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

Words linked to "Timekeeper" : sport, horologe, clerk, time-ball, watch, sandglass, balance, measuring device, balance wheel, measuring system, clock, timepiece, official, measuring instrument, escapement, ticker, hand, athletics, hairspring, timer, atomic clock, dial, sundial