timekeeper

See also: time-keeper

English

Alternative forms

• time-keeper

Etymology

time +‎ keeper

Noun

timekeeper (plural timekeepers)

1. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.

   Synonyms: timepiece, clock, watch

2. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

   Synonym: timer

4. (usually with adjective) A person (or something controlled by a person) that is or isn't punctual.
   • 1961 April, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 217:

     As it happens, the Leicester-Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper - it sometimes runs a few minutes early - [...].

Related terms

• timekeeping

Translations

timepiece — see timepiece

A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employee

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

A person who records the time elsapsed in a sporting event.

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• Bulgarian: хронометрист m (hronometrist)
• Spanish: cronometrador m

Further reading

• “timekeeper”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “timekeeper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “timekeeper”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “timekeeper”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.