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Bell ringer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
  2. 2
    something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal wordnet
  3. 3
    A door-to-door salesman. derogatory
  4. 4
    someone who plays musical handbells wordnet
  5. 5
    An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.
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  1. 6
    a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) wordnet
  2. 7
    A type of anatomy exam in which students must answer questions at a series of stations and move on to the next station when a bell is rung.

    "In Health Sciences, Dr. Ball was always available to us in the anatomy lab giving us tips and tricks for bell ringers. You can tell he genuinely cares about teaching, because why else would he wear a uterus costume!"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer.

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