timekeeper

Etymology

time + keeper

noun

  1. A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
  2. A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
  3. (sports) A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
  4. (music) The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
    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. 2011, Harris M. Berger, Metal, Rock, and Jazz: Perception and the Phenomenology of Musical Experience, Wesleyan University Press, page 152
  5. (usually with adjective) A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
    As it happens, the Leicester-Beeston train is quite a good timekeeper - it sometimes runs a few minutes early - …. 1961 April, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 217

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/timekeeper), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.