carillonneur

American  

[kar-uh-luh-nur, kuh-ril-yuh-ner, ka-ree-yaw-nœr] / ˌkær ə ləˈnɜr, kəˈrɪl yə nər, ka ri yɔˈnœr /

noun

plural

carillonneurs

1. a person who plays a carillon.

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carillonneur British  

/ kəˌrɪljəˈnɜː /

noun

1. a person who plays a carillon

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Etymology

Origin of carillonneur

1765–75; < French: carillon, -eur

Example Sentences

Artists can take over and “play” billboards and the chapel like a carillonneur playing a carillon.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022

The carillonneur sits underneath the bells, in a small, glassed-in cabin that houses the upright-piano-sized part of the instrument, and plays it by depressing wooden batons and foot pedals.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2018

Following the Eucharist, cathedral carillonneur Edward M. Nassor gives a recital best heard from the Bishop’s Garden.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2017

If God inhabits the firmament, Mr. Lind’s workplace puts him closer to God than the ministers, the choir and the congregation at the Riverside Church, where he is the carillonneur.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2015

"Eet ees ma name, mynheer—I am the carillonneur."

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