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• bellarmine
  bellarmine

  noun

  a fat, narrow-necked stoneware bottle of the 16th and 17th centuries, ornamented with a bearded mask.
• Bellarmine
  Bellarmine

  noun

  Saint Robert . 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation

bellarmine

American  

[bel-ahr-meen, bel-ahr-meen, -er-] / ˌbɛl ɑrˈmin, ˈbɛl ɑrˌmin, -ər- /

noun

1. a fat, narrow-necked stoneware bottle of the 16th and 17th centuries, ornamented with a bearded mask.

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Bellarmine ¹ British  

/ ˈbɛlɑːˌmiːn /

noun

1. Saint Robert . 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation

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bellarmine ² British  

/ ˈbɛlɑːˌmiːn /

noun

1. a large stoneware or earthenware jug for ale or spirits, bearing a bearded mask

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Etymology

Origin of bellarmine

1710–20; named after Cardinal Bellarmino (1542–1621), Italian churchman, the object of the caricature on the bottle