bell-ringern.
/ˈbɛlˌrɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈbɛlˌrɪŋər/ One whose business it is to ring a church or town bell at stated times or on stated occasions.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > parish official > [noun] > with duty to ring bell
bell-ringer1543
society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > bell-ringing > one who carries out
bell-ringer1543
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > bell-ringer > [noun]
ringerc1425
bell-ringer1543
toller1550
knoller1611
stretch-rope1634
college youth1668
change ringer1756
handbell ringera1802
tintinnabulary1825
tintinnabulist1830
treble-ringer1899
1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. C.viij Parrysh clarkes, and bellryngers.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 133 Who should come in, but Girard the Bell-ringer?
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 232 The parish clerk and bell-ringer of Chigwell.
Derivatives
bell-ringing n. and adj.
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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > bell-ringing
bell-ringingc1350
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun]
bell-ringOE
ringingc1300
bell-ringingc1350
knoll1379
toll1452
tollinga1513
jowing1516
round ringinga1661
tintinnabulism1826
clocking1863
clappering1874
tintinnabulation1883
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 7 Hali water, and haly bred, Liȝt, and belryngynges.
1408 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 15 Wyth Belle Ryngyng..and Masse of requiem.
1883 Daily News 30 July 5/8 Bellringing showy equipages conducted by postillions and drawn by four strong horses.
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