timekeepern.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪmˌkiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪmˌkipər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., keeper n.

Etymology: < time n. + keeper n., after to keep time at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 4h. Compare earlier timekeeping n.

a. A device or instrument for registering the passage of time; a timepiece.In the 18th cent. frequently used spec. of a chronometer.In quot. 1778 used of an almanac.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > instrument or timepiece

horologea1382

dial1410

horology1509

horologiuma1661

timekeeper1674

timepiece1708

time machine1870

digital1975

1674 R. Hooke Attempt to prove Motion of Earth 27 I should have here described some Clocks and Time-keepers of great use, nay absolute necessity in these and many other Astronomical observations.

1686 W. Molyneux Sciothericum Telescopicum (title page) For Regulating and Adjusting Curious Pendulum-Watches and other Time-Keepers.

1763 Gentleman's Mag. May 231/1 The utility..of an exact time keeper is so generally acknowledged, that I do not wonder that an artist of Mr Harrison's abilities should confine himself to that point alone.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xvi. 172 It would make me quite melancholy to have such a time-keeper in my pocket.

1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific I. i. i. 4 The Board, likewise, put into our possession the same watch, or time-keeper, which I had carried out in my last voyage, and had performed its part so well.

1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man II. xxiii. 356 By this primitive dial..most of the time-keepers in the neighbourhood are still regulated.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 7 True noon does not always coincide with 12 o'clock as indicated by an ordinary timekeeper.

1935 Mariner's Mirror 21 123 He should put in hand a much smaller timekeeper..as we should now say, a deck-watch.

1990 Forbes 1 Oct. 254/1 American tinkerers dreamed of mass-producing timekeepers average folks could afford.

2010 J. Bonkowski Trading Paint 268 Produced by Ridgeway Clock Company of Martinsville, these stately timekeepers are reportedly worth $11,000 each.

b. More generally: anything by means of which the passage of time may be measured or estimated.

ΚΠ

1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth II. vi. 40 My only time-keeper was the approach of the monk, who every day renewed my allowance of bread and water.

1841 H. T. Tuckerman Rambles & Reveries 406 The weather is an impressive time-keeper. To many it is the most regulating of dials.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 6 According to the happy expression of Humboldt, they make of the Universe an eternal timekeeper.

1951 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 7 June 12/3 These crystals are the earth's most accurate time-keepers until the day in the future when we can go to atomic time.

2001 Science 31 Aug. 1587/3 Research has linked this difference to the suprachiasmatic nucleus.., the brain's daily timekeeper.

2. With preceding qualifying adjective. A person who or thing which keeps (good or bad) time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [noun] > one who is or is not punctual

timekeeper1902

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. 80 Having found out, such an Assur'd Time-keeper, as This is, Let it be your Director, in all your Curious Private Practices.

1774 Monthly Rev. 50 567 If a watch be so constructed as to set itself a-going when stopped, it cannot possibly be a good time-keeper.

1822 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Dec. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) II. 216 Robie's watch..is but a moderate time-keeper.

1899 P. N. Hasluck Clock Jobber's Handybk. 2 Being very cheap..and fair time-keepers, American clocks are exceedingly popular.

1902 Musical Times 43 294/2 (advt.) Organist and choirmaster required... Brilliant playing unnecessary, but good time-keeper indispensable.

1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) iv. 78 The Shortt clock, justly regarded as the best timekeeper known.

1969 T. Parker Twisting Lane 65 I was a satisfactory employee, good time-keeper, never took days off in sickness.

2009 Church Times 19 June 29/4 He was a good timekeeper, believing that sermons should be kept to ten minutes, and a eucharist to an hour.

a. A person who marks or records the time elapsed during a sporting contest (originally the rounds of a boxing match), the time taken by contestants in a race, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > one who notes or measures time > in a race

timekeeper1805

timer1845

clocker1868

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > timekeeper

timekeeper1805

1805 Proc. Old Bailey 18 Sept. 501/1 They fought with their fists..for an hour and forty-three minutes, by the account that the time-keeper gave.

1825 Amer. Farmer 11 Feb. 382/3 Razor having been..let loose by his second, under an impression that the time keeper had given the word, Oxford Bill withdrew his dog.

1833 Essex Standard 7 Dec. Mr. Cross..was appointed time-keeper [for the race], and Mr. Spinks..acted as umpire.

1927 Progressive Arizona Feb. 7/2 The arena presents a scene of animation with the judges, time-keepers, contestants, [etc.].

1950 Sport 7 Apr. 7/1 Did the timekeeper and second..want to catch the early train home?

2005 Evo June 194/3 I got a ready from the time keepers.

b. A person responsible for recording the hours worked by employees in a particular workplace.

ΚΠ

1806 Proc. Old Bailey 21 May 322/1 I went with him and the time-keeper to Covent Garden, and bought this eye-bolt.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 356/1 I went to a firm..at Beckenham, near Croydon, as working time-keeper, or foreman.

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 185 A post as timekeeper at some great engineering works.

1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 7/3 He had to be ‘on the job’ early..as he was timekeeper then, registering the workers as they arrived.

1993 C. Howes Voices Vietnam POWs viii. 234 At twenty he became the timekeeper for a bathroom fixtures company in Abingdon, Illinois.

2008 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 July b3 (caption) Donald Patsy works as a timekeeper at Cedar Industries.

c. gen. A person who notes, measures, or records time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > one who notes or measures time

timer1648

timekeeper1807

time-taker1844

1807 Athenæum 1 May 497 The time-keeper (Relogera)..turned up an hour-glass, and they might amuse themselves till it had run out.

1832 Liverpool Mercury 30 Mar. 102/5 It was observed by a rigid time-keeper, that in Paganini's concert..his own performance..only occupied twenty-eight minutes.

1917 M. C. Potter et al. Oral & Written Eng. II. 126 When he has spoken two minutes, the teacher acting as time-keeper, let him point to the pupil whom he wishes to have continue the story.

2003 Sci. Amer. Jan. 7/2 One of us served as timekeeper, and the other three watched the pot. At 130 seconds, the water was at a rolling boil.

4. Music. A person who or thing which beats time, or maintains a steady beat; a conductor; a metronome.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > conductor

manuductor1728

conductor1787

musical director1818

timekeeper1818

music director1839

band-master1858

MD1926

1818 New Monthly Mag. July 521/2 The metronome or musical time-keeper may be constructed in different forms or dimensions.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 318/2 In 1732, an article on a species of Musical Time-keeper was contributed to the Mémoires des Sciences by Enbrayg.

1892 Musical Times 33 28/1 The Conductor was frequently a misunderstood person. The public seemed to think he was simply a time-keeper.

1908 W. L. Hubbard Musical Dict. 162/1 Time-keepers, whose business it was to beat the time and to direct the rhythm of the music.

1997 G. Schuller Compleat Conductor 71 Baroque music..was still so closely tied to popular dance forms..that..there was no tremendous need for a separate conductor and time-keeper.

2010 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 11 July e4 The bass and drums are elevated to a participatory status higher than as mere timekeepers.

Derivatives

ˈtimeˌkeepership n. the position or office of a timekeeper.

ΚΠ

1891 Wheeling 25 Feb. 414/3 The Timekeepership of the London Centre.

1897 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 17 June 33/4 The watch of an applicant for a N.C.U. [= National Cyclists' Union] timekeepership has to attain a very high order of merit..ere he can obtain his credentials.

1954 E. Paul Desperate Scenery xiv. 159 Joe Markham..had offered to step down from the head timekeepership.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	timekeeper
释义	timekeepern. Brit. /ˈtʌɪmˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌkipər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., keeper n. Etymology: < time n. + keeper n., after to keep time at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 4h. Compare earlier timekeeping n. 1. a. A device or instrument for registering the passage of time; a timepiece.In the 18th cent. frequently used spec. of a chronometer.In quot. 1778 used of an almanac. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > instrument or timepiece horologea1382 dial1410 horology1509 horologiuma1661 timekeeper1674 timepiece1708 time machine1870 digital1975 1674 R. Hooke Attempt to prove Motion of Earth 27 I should have here described some Clocks and Time-keepers of great use, nay absolute necessity in these and many other Astronomical observations. 1686 W. Molyneux Sciothericum Telescopicum (title page) For Regulating and Adjusting Curious Pendulum-Watches and other Time-Keepers. 1763 Gentleman's Mag. May 231/1 The utility..of an exact time keeper is so generally acknowledged, that I do not wonder that an artist of Mr Harrison's abilities should confine himself to that point alone. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xvi. 172 It would make me quite melancholy to have such a time-keeper in my pocket. 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific I. i. i. 4 The Board, likewise, put into our possession the same watch, or time-keeper, which I had carried out in my last voyage, and had performed its part so well. 1845 J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man II. xxiii. 356 By this primitive dial..most of the time-keepers in the neighbourhood are still regulated. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 7 True noon does not always coincide with 12 o'clock as indicated by an ordinary timekeeper. 1935 Mariner's Mirror 21 123 He should put in hand a much smaller timekeeper..as we should now say, a deck-watch. 1990 Forbes 1 Oct. 254/1 American tinkerers dreamed of mass-producing timekeepers average folks could afford. 2010 J. Bonkowski Trading Paint 268 Produced by Ridgeway Clock Company of Martinsville, these stately timekeepers are reportedly worth $11,000 each. b. More generally: anything by means of which the passage of time may be measured or estimated. ΚΠ 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth II. vi. 40 My only time-keeper was the approach of the monk, who every day renewed my allowance of bread and water. 1841 H. T. Tuckerman Rambles & Reveries 406 The weather is an impressive time-keeper. To many it is the most regulating of dials. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 6 According to the happy expression of Humboldt, they make of the Universe an eternal timekeeper. 1951 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 7 June 12/3 These crystals are the earth's most accurate time-keepers until the day in the future when we can go to atomic time. 2001 Science 31 Aug. 1587/3 Research has linked this difference to the suprachiasmatic nucleus.., the brain's daily timekeeper. 2. With preceding qualifying adjective. A person who or thing which keeps (good or bad) time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [noun] > one who is or is not punctual timekeeper1902 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. 80 Having found out, such an Assur'd Time-keeper, as This is, Let it be your Director, in all your Curious Private Practices. 1774 Monthly Rev. 50 567 If a watch be so constructed as to set itself a-going when stopped, it cannot possibly be a good time-keeper. 1822 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Dec. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) II. 216 Robie's watch..is but a moderate time-keeper. 1899 P. N. Hasluck Clock Jobber's Handybk. 2 Being very cheap..and fair time-keepers, American clocks are exceedingly popular. 1902 Musical Times 43 294/2 (advt.) Organist and choirmaster required... Brilliant playing unnecessary, but good time-keeper indispensable. 1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) iv. 78 The Shortt clock, justly regarded as the best timekeeper known. 1969 T. Parker Twisting Lane 65 I was a satisfactory employee, good time-keeper, never took days off in sickness. 2009 Church Times 19 June 29/4 He was a good timekeeper, believing that sermons should be kept to ten minutes, and a eucharist to an hour. 3. a. A person who marks or records the time elapsed during a sporting contest (originally the rounds of a boxing match), the time taken by contestants in a race, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > one who notes or measures time > in a race timekeeper1805 timer1845 clocker1868 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > timekeeper timekeeper1805 1805 Proc. Old Bailey 18 Sept. 501/1 They fought with their fists..for an hour and forty-three minutes, by the account that the time-keeper gave. 1825 Amer. Farmer 11 Feb. 382/3 Razor having been..let loose by his second, under an impression that the time keeper had given the word, Oxford Bill withdrew his dog. 1833 Essex Standard 7 Dec. Mr. Cross..was appointed time-keeper [for the race], and Mr. Spinks..acted as umpire. 1927 Progressive Arizona Feb. 7/2 The arena presents a scene of animation with the judges, time-keepers, contestants, [etc.]. 1950 Sport 7 Apr. 7/1 Did the timekeeper and second..want to catch the early train home? 2005 Evo June 194/3 I got a ready from the time keepers. b. A person responsible for recording the hours worked by employees in a particular workplace. ΚΠ 1806 Proc. Old Bailey 21 May 322/1 I went with him and the time-keeper to Covent Garden, and bought this eye-bolt. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 356/1 I went to a firm..at Beckenham, near Croydon, as working time-keeper, or foreman. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 185 A post as timekeeper at some great engineering works. 1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 7/3 He had to be ‘on the job’ early..as he was timekeeper then, registering the workers as they arrived. 1993 C. Howes Voices Vietnam POWs viii. 234 At twenty he became the timekeeper for a bathroom fixtures company in Abingdon, Illinois. 2008 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 July b3 (caption) Donald Patsy works as a timekeeper at Cedar Industries. c. gen. A person who notes, measures, or records time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > one who notes or measures time timer1648 timekeeper1807 time-taker1844 1807 Athenæum 1 May 497 The time-keeper (Relogera)..turned up an hour-glass, and they might amuse themselves till it had run out. 1832 Liverpool Mercury 30 Mar. 102/5 It was observed by a rigid time-keeper, that in Paganini's concert..his own performance..only occupied twenty-eight minutes. 1917 M. C. Potter et al. Oral & Written Eng. II. 126 When he has spoken two minutes, the teacher acting as time-keeper, let him point to the pupil whom he wishes to have continue the story. 2003 Sci. Amer. Jan. 7/2 One of us served as timekeeper, and the other three watched the pot. At 130 seconds, the water was at a rolling boil. 4. Music. A person who or thing which beats time, or maintains a steady beat; a conductor; a metronome. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > conductor manuductor1728 conductor1787 musical director1818 timekeeper1818 music director1839 band-master1858 MD1926 1818 New Monthly Mag. July 521/2 The metronome or musical time-keeper may be constructed in different forms or dimensions. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 318/2 In 1732, an article on a species of Musical Time-keeper was contributed to the Mémoires des Sciences by Enbrayg. 1892 Musical Times 33 28/1 The Conductor was frequently a misunderstood person. The public seemed to think he was simply a time-keeper. 1908 W. L. Hubbard Musical Dict. 162/1 Time-keepers, whose business it was to beat the time and to direct the rhythm of the music. 1997 G. Schuller Compleat Conductor 71 Baroque music..was still so closely tied to popular dance forms..that..there was no tremendous need for a separate conductor and time-keeper. 2010 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 11 July e4 The bass and drums are elevated to a participatory status higher than as mere timekeepers. Derivatives ˈtimeˌkeepership n. the position or office of a timekeeper. ΚΠ 1891 Wheeling 25 Feb. 414/3 The Timekeepership of the London Centre. 1897 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 17 June 33/4 The watch of an applicant for a N.C.U. [= National Cyclists' Union] timekeepership has to attain a very high order of merit..ere he can obtain his credentials. 1954 E. Paul Desperate Scenery xiv. 159 Joe Markham..had offered to step down from the head timekeepership. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674
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