clockmaker
nounEtymology From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.
1
A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
- There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.
2
Human sciences, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Religion, Sciences Capitalized, Often God in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.
- Near-synonym: watchmaker
- We have the great clockmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.
- Related terms
- clockmaking