Timekeeper

Definitions

1. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
2. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
3. A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
4. The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
5. A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
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Examples

“The sailors sail⟳ by chronometers that do not lose⟳ two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve⟳ navigation was to get⟳ good watches, and to offer⟳ public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use⟳.”

“There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist.”

“As it happens, the Leicester–Beeston train⟳ is quite a good timekeeper—it sometimes runs a few minutes early— […]”

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