A person responsible for maintaining, operating, or regulating a clock, especially a public timepiece.
Compound of 'clock' and 'keeper' (from Old English 'cepan' meaning to keep or guard), referring to someone whose job is to maintain timekeeping.
Before electricity, every major town had a clockkeeper as an official position—they'd wind the bells, adjust for seasonal time changes, and were respected community figures because everyone's schedules depended on their accuracy and reliability.
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