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bellfounder

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from belyotar

Definitions

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

    • Near-synonyms: bellmaker, belleter (archaic)
    • It is well known that there were bellfounders at Reading in the sixteenth century, and probably much earlier.

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