noun
Freq #39053
Meanings
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1
noun
a craftsperson or company that makes, maintains, or repairs watches
The watchmaker cleaned the movement and replaced its broken mainspring.
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2
noun
a creator, especially God, imagined as designing the universe as precisely as a watchmaker designs a watch
The philosopher compared the creator to a watchmaker whose design could be inferred from the universe.
Thesaurus
Etymology
A compound of watch + maker. The craft sense names the person who makes or repairs a watch; maker is the agent noun of make. The theological sense comes from the watchmaker analogy, which compares the ordered universe to a watch and attributes its design to an intelligent creator.