"Bellhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Bellhead.ogg [Australia] Forms: Bellheads [plural]
Etymology: Bell + -head, after the Bell telephone company. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bell|head}} Bell + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bellhead (plural Bellheads)
  1. (slang) A supporter of traditional centralized telecommunications networks, contrasted with nethead (a supporter of the Internet and its flexibility and technical underpinnings). Tags: slang Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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