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bellfounder

bellfounder noun: someone who makes bells by foundry work (casting, grinding, polishing).

Noun

bellfounder (plural bellfounders)

  1. Someone who makes bells by foundry work (casting, grinding, polishing).
    • Near-synonyms: bellmaker, belleter (archaic)
    • It is well known that there were bellfounders at Reading in the sixteenth century, and probably much earlier.1883, The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, volume 4, page 110
    Synonyms:
    bellmaker, belleter

Synonyms of bellfounder

Forms of bellfounder

pluralbellfounders

Origin of bellfounder

From bell + founder, an alteration (swapping out obsolete yoter (“pourer, founder”) for founder) of Middle English belyotar, belgietere, belleyetere (“bellfounder”).

Questions about bellfounder

What does bellfounder mean?
Bellfounder means someone who makes bells by foundry work (casting, grinding, polishing).
What part of speech is bellfounder?
Bellfounder is a noun.
What is the plural of bellfounder?
The plural of bellfounder is bellfounders.

Words near bellfounder in the dictionary

  1. Bellew
  2. Bellews
  3. Bellfield
  4. bellflower
  5. bellflowers
  6. bellfounder
  7. bellfounders
  8. bellfounding
  9. bellfrog
  10. bellfrogs
  11. bellgirl

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