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clockmaker

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clocksmith

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: horologist, horologer

2

noun

Meaning 2

God in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: watchmaker
  • We have the great clockmaker to thank for these glorious sunrises and sunsets.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watchmaker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clocksmith

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

Narrower terms: Thomas, Seth Thomas

History

Etymology

From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَاعَاتِيّ (sāʕātiyy) — person who makes clocks
  • Armenian: ժամագործ (žamagorc) — person who makes clocks
  • Belarusian: гадзі́ншчык (hadzínščyk) — person who makes clocks
  • Belarusian: гадзі́ншчыца (hadzínščyca) — person who makes clocks
  • Bulgarian: часовника́р (časovnikár) — person who makes clocks
  • Bulgarian: часовника́рка (časovnikárka) — person who makes clocks
  • Catalan: rellotger — person who makes clocks
  • Catalan: rellotgera — person who makes clocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐘錶匠 /钟表匠 (zhōngbiǎojiàng) — person who makes clocks
  • Czech: hodinář — person who makes clocks
  • Czech: hodinářka — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: klokkenmaker — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: klokkenmaakster — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: horlogemaker — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: horlogemaakster — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: uurwerkmaker — person who makes clocks
  • Dutch: uurwerkmaakster — person who makes clocks
  • Estonian: kellassepp — person who makes clocks
  • Finnish: kelloseppä — person who makes clocks
  • French: horloger — person who makes clocks
  • French: horlogère — person who makes clocks
  • Georgian: მესაათე (mesaate) — person who makes clocks
  • German: Uhrmacher — person who makes clocks
  • German: Uhrmacherin — person who makes clocks
  • Gujarati: ઘડિયાળી (ghaḍiyāḷī) — person who makes clocks
  • Italian: orologiaio — person who makes clocks
  • Italian: orologiaia — person who makes clocks
  • Japanese: 時計師 (tokeishi) — person who makes clocks
  • Japanese: 時計屋 (tokeiya) — person who makes clocks
  • Korean: 시계 기술자 (sigye gisulja) — person who makes clocks
  • Korean: 시계 제작자 (sigye jejakja) — person who makes clocks
  • Korean: 시계사 (sigyesa) — person who makes clocks
  • Macedonian: часовничар (časovničar) — person who makes clocks
  • Macedonian: часовничарка (časovničarka) — person who makes clocks
  • Macedonian: часовникар (časovnikar) — person who makes clocks
  • Macedonian: часовникарка (časovnikarka) — person who makes clocks
  • Maltese: arluġġar — person who makes clocks
  • Polish: zegarmistrz — person who makes clocks
  • Polish: zegarmistrzyni — person who makes clocks
  • Portuguese: relojoeiro — person who makes clocks
  • Portuguese: relojoeira — person who makes clocks
  • Romanian: ceasornicar — person who makes clocks
  • Romanian: orologier — person who makes clocks
  • Russian: часовщи́к (časovščík) — person who makes clocks
  • Russian: часовщи́ца (časovščíca) — person who makes clocks
  • Russian: часово́й ма́стер (časovój máster) — person who makes clocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: часовничар — person who makes clocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀ра̄р — person who makes clocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: časovničar — person who makes clocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùrār — person who makes clocks
  • Slovak: hodinár — person who makes clocks
  • Slovak: hodinárka — person who makes clocks
  • Slovene: urar — person who makes clocks
  • Slovene: urarka — person who makes clocks
  • Spanish: relojero — person who makes clocks
  • Spanish: relojera — person who makes clocks
  • Ukrainian: годинника́р (hodynnykár) — person who makes clocks
  • Ukrainian: годинника́рка (hodynnykárka) — person who makes clocks
  • Uzbek: soatsoz — person who makes clocks
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