Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes or repairs watches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
repairs (and originally made)watches .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes or repairs watches
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't think the watchmaker is as blind as some would have us believe.
Continuation… 2008
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How about a #7, the blind watchmaker is a wild horse broken by the rational designer of life.
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Second, it helps us appreciate that the blind watchmaker is only "concerned" about making things "work."
Critic in the Matrix 2007
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Bradford, read this carefully: the blind watchmaker is a metaphor, not a hypothesis.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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Bradford, read this carefully: the blind watchmaker is a metaphor, not a hypothesis.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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Her father was a Jewish watchmaker from the border between Latvia and Lithuania.
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"Her sculptures are created with the skill of a watchmaker, which is apparent in every joint and angle."
azcentral.com | news Dolores Tropiano 2010
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"Her sculptures are created with the skill of a watchmaker, which is apparent in every joint and angle."
azcentral.com | news Dolores Tropiano 2010
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Another holding is Swatch, the watchmaker, which is doing well in the Far East.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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His origin as a watchmaker was a direct tie-in for that very reasoning for the character.
hernesheir commented on the word watchmaker
cf. John Bunyan's poem, A Boy and a Watchmaker. Bunyan compares the boy to a christian convert, and the watchmaker to Jesus Christ.
September 20, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word watchmaker
JM is considering training as a watchmaker so he can set his own hours.
June 15, 2011