bellmaker

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noun

Someone who makes bells.

“Near-synonym: bellfounder”

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounbellmaker (plural bellmakers)

plural bellmakers

  1. Someone who makes bells.

    Near-synonym: bellfounder

    Synonyms: belleter, bellfounder

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who makes bells.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbelmaker
  2. Englishbellmaker

From Middle English belmaker, bellemaker, equivalent to bell + maker.

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Translations

Bulgarian звънча́р
  • звънча́р (zvănčár)bellmaker
Catalan campaner
  • campanerbellmaker
Czech zvonař
  • zvonařbellmaker
Finnish kellonvalaja
  • kellonvalajabellmaker
French fondeur de cloches
  • fondeur de clochesbellmaker
German Glockengießer
  • Glockengießerbellmaker
Hungarian harangöntő
  • harangöntőbellmaker
Polish ludwisarz
  • ludwisarzbellmaker
Portuguese sineiro
  • sineirobellmaker
Romanian clopotar
  • clopotarbellmaker
Russian колоко́льник, колоко́льщик
  • колоко́льник (kolokólʹnik)bellmaker
  • колоко́льщик (kolokólʹščik)bellmaker
Swedish klockmakare
  • klockmakarebellmaker
Cite this entry
APA

bellmaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellmaker

MLA

“bellmaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellmaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bellmaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellmaker.

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