bell ringer

See also: bellringer and bell-ringer

English

Alternative forms

• bellringer

Etymology

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

Noun

bell ringer (plural bell ringers)

1. A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
2. (derogatory) A door-to-door salesman.
3. (education) An assignment, usually done at the beginning of a class, usually intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities start, and is usually done regularly.

Synonyms

• bellist (a person who rings bells)

Translations

bell ringer

• Armenian: ժամհար (hy) (žamhar), ժամկոչ (hy) (žamkočʻ)
• Czech: zvoník m
• Danish: klokker c
• Dutch: klokkenluider (nl)
• Faroese: klokkari m
• German: Glöckner (de) m
• Greek: κωδωνοκρούστης (el) m (kodonokroústis)
• Hungarian: harangozó (hu)
• Irish: clogaire m
• Italian: campanaro (it) m
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• Lithuanian: varpininkas m, varpininkė f
• Norman: sonneux m
• Portuguese: sineiro m
• Romanian: clopotar (ro) m
• Russian: звона́рь (ru) m (zvonárʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: zvonar (sh) m
• Slovak: zvonár m
• Spanish: campanero m, campanera f
• Swedish: klockringare c, ringare (sv) c

See also

• campanologist