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carillonneur

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

noun

carillonneurs plural
  1. a person who plays a carillon.


carillonneur British  
/ kəˌrɪljəˈnɜː /

noun

  1. a person who plays a carillon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of carillonneur

1765–75; < French: see carillon, -eur

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

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2022

On Thursday, the instrument will be played by carillonneur Wesley Arai.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 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."

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

They are carillonneurs and the first part of any performance involves ascending a tall bell tower.

From Washington Post May 11, 2022

I have known some good carillonneurs who couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emphasis on the musculature of the carillonneurs was such an error.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are superb—nearly five hundred sweet-toned bells, and on of the best carillonneurs of Holland to play upon them.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes

"Why, that is the name of the most celebrated of carillonneurs, Van den Gheyn of Louvain."

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

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