bell ringer

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Noun	1.	bell ringer - a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) ringer, toller signaler, signaller - someone who communicates by signals
	2.	bell ringer - someone who plays musical handbells instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
	3.	bell ringer - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" home run, bull's eye, mark success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

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