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

“I thought, ‘When I’m going to be the carillonneur, I’m going to change the repertoire so the people are going to look up.’

From Washington Post • May 11, 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

For years Mr. Lind was the carillonneur for one of the others, the one at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, before he moved to Riverside in 2000.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2015

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

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