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chimer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From chime + -er.

Meanings

  1. A bell that chimes.
    • She brushed a few drops from her lashes as the sweet little chimer rang out ten bells; 2004, Emma Wolf, Other Things Being Equal:
  2. A person who rings chimes on bells.
    • The venerable Dr. George W. Warren, who had recently retired, was “honorary organist,” and Alfred Toulmin continued as harpist and bell chimer, a post he had held for 30 years. 2001, J. Robert Wright, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue:

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chimer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chimere (“bishop's robe”).
    alt of chimere

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