bellfounder

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bellfounder (plural bellfounders)

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

   Near-synonyms: bellmaker, belleter (archaic)

   • 1883, The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, volume 4, page 110:

     It is well known that there were bellfounders at Reading in the sixteenth century, and probably much earlier.

Related terms

• bellfounding
• bell ringer

See also

• campanologist
• campanology