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Definition of Clockmaker
1. Noun. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches.
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Artisan, Craftsman, Journeyman
Specialized synonyms: Seth Thomas, Thomas
Definition of Clockmaker
1. Noun. A person who makes clocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clockmaker
Literary usage of Clockmaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"By the Author of " The clockmaker." Second Series. 2 vols. Bentley. THIS Second
professes to be the Last of the matchless ..."
2. Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1846)
"There are few, I guess, said the clockmaker, who go upon ... I will inquire of
the clockmaker the secret of his success. What a pity it is, Mr. Slick, ..."
3. Life in Abyssinia: Being Notes Collected During Three Years' Residence and by Mansfield Parkyns (1868)
"... our vessel—My powder in danger—Fortunate deliverance—Mohammedan legends—Origin
of jealousy—Adam with the body of Abel—Joseph the first clockmaker—El ..."
4. Natural History & Sport in Moray by Charles St. John, Anne Gibson St. John, Cosmo Innes (1866)
"'s Clock — Lambeth Clock — Bartholomew Newsom, Queen Elizabeth's clockmaker—Curious
Clock at Whitehall Palace — Bequests of Clocks — Clock nt Glaston- bury ..."
5. Pat M'Carty, Farmer, of Antrim: His Rhymes, with a Setting by John Stevenson (1905)
"JIM, THE clockmaker IF ye meet a wee man wi' a bottle-green coat, And knee-breeches
tidy and trim ... tied roon' his throat, Ye'll ken it is clockmaker Jim. ..."
6. A Summer in Brittany by Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Frances Milton Trollope (1840)
"... clockmaker —Sale of a Pianoforte — " Tour de Cesson"—Walk to Binic — Departure
of a ... clockmaker ..."
7. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"It was marked " William Bowyer, London, clockmaker, fecit. I. 1630. E. (the
initials of the Gov.'s name). On the gnomon on one side Lat. ..."
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