English Explanatory Dictionary

bellfounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who makes bells by foundry work (casting, grinding, polishing).

Word forms

bellfounder bellfounders

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bellmaker belleter

Related words

bellfounding bell ringer campanologist campanology
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