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Definition of Bell ringer
1. Noun. A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation).
2. Noun. Someone who plays musical handbells.
3. Noun. Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal. "The president's speech was a home run"
Generic synonyms: Success
Language type: Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Derivative terms: Mark
Definition of Bell ringer
1. Noun. A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bell Ringer
Literary usage of Bell ringer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"THE OLD BELL-RINGER A SPRING IDYLL It grows dark. Over the black, crenelated line
of the dense forest stands the full moon; it stands, but does not shine A ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1810)
"The chief interest of the present novel turns on the mysterious origin of the
little Bell-ringer, or Chimer: and in one respect, at least, we were able to ..."
3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"He had been made, some years previous, bell ringer of Notre Dame, thanks to his
adopted father, Claude Frollo, who had become archdeacon of ..."
4. Due South: Or, Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou (1889)
"The Old Bell-Ringer. — Military Mass. ON no other occasion is the difference
between the manners of a Protestant and Catholic community so strongly marked ..."
5. School and College Speaker by Wilmot Brookings Mitchell (1901)
"THE BELL-RINGER OF '76 ANONYMOUS. PLAIN red-brick walls, the windows partly framed
in stone, the hall-door ornamented with pillars,—such is the State ..."
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