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bellhanger

bellhanger noun: a person employed to hang bells, as in a church or (historically) in a house to ring for servants.

Noun

bellhanger (plural bellhangers)

  1. A person employed to hang bells, as in a church or (historically) in a house to ring for servants.

Forms of bellhanger

pluralbellhangers

Origin of bellhanger

bell + hanger

Questions about bellhanger

What does bellhanger mean?
Bellhanger means a person employed to hang bells, as in a church or (historically) in a house to ring for servants.
What part of speech is bellhanger?
Bellhanger is a noun.
What is the plural of bellhanger?
The plural of bellhanger is bellhangers.

Words near bellhanger in the dictionary

  1. bellfounding
  2. bellfrog
  3. bellfrogs
  4. bellgirl
  5. bellgirls
  6. bellhanger
  7. bellhangers
  8. bellhanging
  9. Bellhead
  10. Bellheads
  11. bellhop

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