Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.

    Glöckner, Glöcknerin

    звона́рьzvonárʹ

    дзвона́рdzvonár, дзвона́ркаdzvonárka

    a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

  2. (derogatory)A door-to-door salesman.

  3. An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.

  4. A type of anatomy exam in which students must answer questions at a series of stations and move on to the next station when a bell is rung.

Translations

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent

Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer.

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Forms

plural: bell ringers

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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