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[ woch-mey-ker ] / ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR watchmaker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches. Origin of watchmakerFirst recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker OTHER WORDS FROM watchmakerwatchmaking, nounWords nearby watchmakerwatch guard, watch it, watchless, watch like a hawk, watch list, watchmaker, watchman, watch meeting, watch my dust, watch night, watch one's step Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for watchmakerWhile not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision. China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Paley goes on to compare the watch to an eye, arguing that if a watch implies a watchmaker, then an eye implies an eye-maker. Should Scientists Believe in Miracles?|Karl W. Giberson|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The most perfect arrangement can be obtained by getting a watchmaker to drill a fine hole through a piece of sheet metal. Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition|Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. Fraprie The work is not the workman; the house is not the builder; the watch is not the watchmaker. Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
Hubert was a French papist, of six-and-twenty years of age, the son of a watchmaker at Rouen, in Normandy. Curiosities of Civilization|Andrew Wynter In fact, that same evening the watchmaker brought me the two chronometers, and handed me one. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer|Jean Henri Robert-Houdin Arnold, a watchmaker, wound up his watch while leaning actually against the vane. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury|Gleeson White
British Dictionary definitions for watchmaker
nouna person who makes or mends watches Derived forms of watchmakerwatchmaking, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to watchmakerlapidary, goldsmith, horologist, silversmith, gemologist |