English Explanatory Dictionary

chronopher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument that transmits the correct time to other distant clocks by means of electricity. It was used in the United Kingdom in the 19th century, but was obsolete by the turn of the 20th century.

Word forms

chronopher chronophers

Etymology

From chrono- (“time”) + φέρω (phérō, “to carry”).

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