bellfounder

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English

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Etymology

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From bell +‎ founder, an alteration (swapping out obsolete yoter (pourer, founder) for founder) of Middle English belyotar, belgietere, belleyetere (bellfounder).

Noun

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bellfounder (plural bellfounders)

  1. Someone who makes bells.
    Synonyms: (archaic) belleter, bellmaker
    • 1883, The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, volume 4, page 110:
      It is well known that there were bellfounders at Reading in the sixteenth century, and probably much earlier.
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