ringer

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From ring (to sound a bell) + -er.

[edit] Noun

Singular
ringer

Plural
ringers

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.

[edit] Etymology 2

From ring (to surround)

[edit] Noun

Singular
ringer

Plural
ringers

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. In the game of horseshoes, when the horseshoe lands around the pole.

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably from ring the changes

[edit] Noun

Singular
ringer

Plural
ringers

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
  2. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other. (Now usually in the phrase dead ringer)
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[edit] Etymology 4

Unknown

[edit] Noun

Singular
ringer

Plural
ringers

ringer (plural ringers)

  1. (British, dialectal) A top performer
  2. (Australian) A stockman; a drover

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