"bellower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bellowers [plural]
Etymology: bellow + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bellow|er|id2=agent noun}} bellow + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} bellower (plural bellowers)
  1. One who bellows. Translations (one who bellows): karjuja (Finnish), mölähtelijä (Finnish), bovinātor [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-bellower-en-noun-r9ELqrNA Disambiguation of 'one who bellows': 94 6
  2. (obsolete, colloquial) A town crier. Tags: colloquial, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bellower-en-noun-j431uCfi

Inflected forms

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