"bell ringer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bell ringers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|belringer}} Middle English belringer, {{m|enm|belle ringer}} belle ringer, {{m|enm|bellryngar}} bellryngar, {{m|enm|belryngere}} belryngere, {{com|en|bell|ringer}} bell + ringer Head templates: {{en-noun}} bell ringer (plural bell ringers)
  1. A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells. Categories (topical): Musicians, Occupations, People Synonyms: bellist, bellringer Related terms: campanologist Translations (bell ringer): ժամհար (žamhar) (Armenian), ժամկոչ (žamkočʻ) (Armenian), zvoník [masculine] (Czech), klokker [common-gender] (Danish), klokkenluider (Dutch), klokkari [masculine] (Faroese), Glöckner [masculine] (German), κωδωνοκρούστης (kodonokroústis) [masculine] (Greek), harangozó (Hungarian), clogaire [masculine] (Irish), campanaro [masculine] (Italian), varpininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), varpininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), sonneux [masculine] (Norman), klokker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ringer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dzwonnik [masculine] (Polish), sineiro [masculine] (Portuguese), clopotar [masculine] (Romanian), звона́рь (zvonárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), zvonar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvonár [masculine] (Slovak), campanero [masculine] (Spanish), campanera [feminine] (Spanish), klockringare [common-gender] (Swedish), ringare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bell_ringer-en-noun-AGxiFEmQ Disambiguation of Musicians: 65 17 9 9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 65 16 11 9 Disambiguation of People: 93 4 2 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 25 18 15 Disambiguation of 'bell ringer': 74 4 6 16
  2. (derogatory) A door-to-door salesman. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-bell_ringer-en-noun-SW-mg0R5
  3. (education) An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities. Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-bell_ringer-en-noun-PzcP~CbJ Topics: education
  4. (anatomy, education) 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Education
    Sense id: en-bell_ringer-en-noun-CiBRGP6s Topics: anatomy, education, medicine, sciences

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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ringer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzwonnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sineiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clopotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvonárʹ",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "звона́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvonár"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "campanero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "campanera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klockringare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bell ringer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ringare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bell ringer"
}

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