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.

   Synonyms: (archaic) belleter, bellmaker

   • 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