BELL RINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bell ringer mean? 

• BELL RINGER (noun)
  The noun BELL RINGER has 3 senses:

1. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

2. someone who plays musical handbells

3. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

  Familiarity information: BELL RINGER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELL RINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bell ringer; ringer; toller

Hypernyms ("bell ringer" is a kind of...):

signaler; signaller (someone who communicates by signals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who plays musical handbells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bell ringer" is a kind of...):

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark

Context example:

the president's speech was a home run

Hypernyms ("bell ringer" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)