name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.
2. 2
   A person who collects tolls; a tollkeeper.
3. 3
   Clipping of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
4. 4
   someone employed to collect tolls wordnet
5. 5
   a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bell ringernova scotia duck tolling retrieverringertoll agenttoll collectortoll taker

Etymology

Etymology 1

From toll + -er, from the verb.

Etymology 2

From Middle English toller, from Old English tollere; equivalent to toll + -er, from the noun.

Related phrases

bell ringertoll keeper

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.