ringer
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- noun
- /ˈrɪŋər/
- UK
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tañedor de campanas
- A Salvation Army bell ringer makes more money at Walmart than Nordstrom!
- a bell ringer
Examples
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It's Quasimodo, the bell ringer.
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Who is the bell ringer of Notre Dame?
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The bell ringer will watch over you.
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There were, in fact, only four of us bell ringers to begin with.
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Bruton had a driver's license, which allowed him to work transporting Salvation Army bell ringers.
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The bell ringer called everyone to the Sunday service with a beautiful peal of bells.
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As the church ringer, he took pride in his ability to create a harmonious sound.
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On Christmas Eve, the ringer enthusiastically rang the bells to celebrate the holiday.
Synonyms
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A church worker who looks after the building and rings the bell
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A person who rings bells in a church or musical group
A person who rings church bells to call people to service
Compounds
- Specialized
A sterile salt solution used to replace body fluids and keep tissues alive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ringer comes from the verb ring ('to make a sound') plus the ending -er ('one who'). So a ringer was originally the person who rings the church bells and makes them sound.