timekeeper means A device that shows the time; a timepiece. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From time + keeper.
noun
- A device that shows the time; a timepiece.“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.”
- A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
- A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
- The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.“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.”
- A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.“As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]”