noun
Meaning 1
A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bellist, ringer
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
bell ringer
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noun
Meaning 2
A door-to-door salesman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, education, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer
- scored a bull's eye
- hit the mark
- the president's speech was a home run
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bull's eye, mark, home run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: success
noun
Meaning 6
someone who plays musical handbells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player
noun
Meaning 7
a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: toller, ringer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: signaler, signaller
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ժամհար (žamhar) — bell ringer
- Armenian: ժամկոչ (žamkočʻ) — bell ringer
- Czech: zvoník — bell ringer
- Czech: zvonice — bell ringer
- Danish: klokker — bell ringer
- Danish: ringer — bell ringer
- Dutch: klokkenluider — bell ringer
- Dutch: klokkenluidster — bell ringer
- Faroese: klokkari — bell ringer
- French: sonneur de cloches — bell ringer
- French: sonneuse de cloches — bell ringer
- French: sonneur — bell ringer
- French: sonneuse — bell ringer
- Galician: sineiro — bell ringer
- Galician: sineira — bell ringer
- German: Glöckner — bell ringer
- German: Glöcknerin — bell ringer
- Greek: κωδωνοκρούστης (kodonokroústis) — bell ringer
- Greek: κωδωνοκρούστης (kodonokroústis) — bell ringer
- Hungarian: harangozó — bell ringer
- Irish: clogaire — bell ringer
- Italian: campanaro — bell ringer
- Italian: campanara — bell ringer
- Lithuanian: varpininkas — bell ringer
- Lithuanian: varpininkė — bell ringer
- Norman: sonneux — bell ringer
- Norwegian Bokmål: klokker — bell ringer
- Norwegian Bokmål: ringer — bell ringer
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klokkar — bell ringer
- Polish: dzwonnik — bell ringer
- Portuguese: sineiro — bell ringer
- Portuguese: sineira — bell ringer
- Romanian: clopotar — bell ringer
- Russian: звона́рь (zvonárʹ) — bell ringer
- Serbo-Croatian: zvonar — bell ringer
- Slovak: zvonár — bell ringer
- Spanish: campanero — bell ringer
- Spanish: campanera — bell ringer
- Swedish: klockringare — bell ringer
- Swedish: ringare — bell ringer
- Ukrainian: дзвона́р (dzvonár) — bell ringer
- Ukrainian: дзвона́рка (dzvonárka) — bell ringer