bell-ringer

noun

1. a person who rings church bells

2. a person who plays musical handbells

Other Word Forms

• bell-ringing noun

Example Sentences

His daughter Verity Charlesworth, 45, said farming was a part of Mr Charlesworth's "life and identity", and that he was also a grandfather of six and a keen bell-ringer.

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“There were so many bodies,” said the church’s bell-ringer, 87-year-old Petro Potapenko, gesturing toward what had been a sandy trench where dozens of corpses were unearthed after the Russians retreated from their attempt to seize Kyiv.

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Her late grandfather was an experienced bell-ringer and she believes he would be proud of her learning to ring just in time for 6 May.

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The 45th president’s unprecedented, face-to-face encounter with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 30, 2019, was a global bell-ringer.

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I mean, we may stuff a $10 in the Salvation Army bell-ringer’s bucket or write a check to charity.

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Related Words

• favorite 
• winner