time-keeper









time-keeper


noun

  1. a person or thing that keeps time.
  2. an official appointed to time, regulate, and record the duration of a sports contest or its component parts, as to give the official time of a race, assure that a round of boxing is ended exactly on time, or announce to football, basketball, hockey, etc., teams the amount of time left to play.
  3. a timepiece: This watch is a good timekeeper.
  4. a person employed to keep account of the hours of work done by others.
  5. a person who beats time in music.

noun

  1. a person or thing that keeps or records time
  2. an employee who maintains a record of the hours worked by the other employees
  3. a device for indicating time; timepiece
  4. an employee with respect to his or her record of punctualitya good timekeeper

n.also timekeeper, 1680s, from time (n.) + keeper.

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