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What (who) is timekeeper - definition
AN INSTRUMENT OR PERSON THAT MEASURES THE PASSAGE OF TIME
Time keeper; Time-keeper
timekeeper
also time-keeper
(timekeepers)
1.
A timekeeper is a person or an instrument that records or checks the time.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that someone is a good timekeeper, you mean that they usually arrive on time for things. If you say that they are a poor timekeeper, you mean that they are often late. (BRIT)
N-COUNT: supp N
timekeeper
¦ noun
1. a person who records the amount of time taken by a process or activity.
2. a person regarded in terms of their punctuality.
a watch or clock regarded in terms of its accuracy.
3. archaic a clock.
Derivatives
timekeeping noun
Timekeeper
·noun One who marks the time in musical performances.
II. Timekeeper ·noun A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
III. Timekeeper ·noun One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.
IV. Timekeeper ·noun A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.
V. Timekeeper ·noun A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
VI. Timekeeper ·noun One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
Wikipedia
Timekeeper
A timekeeper is an instrument or person that measures the passage of time.
Examples of use of timekeeper
1. He further announced that an "official timekeeper" will hold up warning and "time‘s up" signs.
2. More timekeeper than moderator, she nagged the candidates with admonitions to finish in their allotted 60 or 30 seconds.
3. One afternoon at the camp, Glover was acting as timekeeper in an Emory classroom as four students debated whether the act needs to be scaled back.
4. Earlier, speaking at a dealers’ convention Fischer said Tissot, as the official timekeeper for the 15th Asian Games scheduled in Doha this year, was launching five commemorative watches.
5. "I have and will continue to ask China to use its considerable leverage with the government of Sudan." Omega has been the official timekeeper for the Olympics since 1'32 _ including the boycotted games in 1'80 and 1'84.